Left wing politics is at heart a demand for the whole of society to bend around an individuals false perception that it either hasn't done its job or actively discriminates against them. Unhappy people who fall into a group narrative that they think best explains their prediciment. So when a voice from mainstream society points out the lack of individual responsibility (which is the real problem) its easiest to respond as a collective and have that voice silenced.
So you were wrong to equate SJWs with Nazis?
Huh? Discriminates against who?
That happens on the right all the time as well. You may as well be describing organised religion or the grievances of RW populism.
They didn't cancel him. They replaced him as their leader. That's not "cancel culture".
Is your complaint here that I stated that statues are being "renamed", rather than the literal truth: they are being pulled down by undemocratic rioters?
I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "cancelled" in the context of this discussion.
I'm not. I've said very little about statues.
The context is a discussion of "cancel culture". Malcolm Turnbull wasn't a victim of cancel culture. He was replaced as the leader of a political party.
Yes because changing the name of statues is not what is happening. That's ridiculous.
Yes, your childhood hero. The man whose respect and dignity you have constantly fought for. Or just some alt-right bandwagon you've attached yourself to.
This is not an act of erasing history. Australia Day has been held on half a dozen different days over the years.
Because they are a waning "force" since many of their leaders quit, went to prison, got disbarred, got sacked, grew up, joined other fashy organisations etc etc etc.
You're just waffling now without any of the dots connecting.
To be clear: statues being defaced and pulled down with chains is a lesser issue than them being "renamed", per my quote?
So while cancel culture does not exist, on those occasions where it clearly does exist, and against the innocent families of historical chemists: "They're not your childhood hero and therefore it doesn't matter"?
I guess it's easy to ignore the considerable violence committed by BLM if you can pigeonhole anyone calling it out as an insincere alt right deviant.
Did you condemn Colin Kaepernick being cancelled?
I was fine with civil criticisms of his actions being made, I was not fine with him losing his job or facing threats or anything else. The Twitter mob on both sides tend to be represented by that 1% of extremist nutters.
I don't agree with Trump there.
Did you criticise him for participating in cancel culture?
Let me know when you'd like a discussion, as opposed to cringeful gotcha attempts.
