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Remember the olden days? (Original Post) canetoad May 2021 OP
Shun dweller May 2021 #1
shunning Layzeebeaver May 2021 #2
Cancel culture SheltieLover May 2021 #3
The cut direct -- that was a good one Hekate May 2021 #4
Put out to Pasture ConstanceCee May 2021 #5
Hit the bin... 2naSalit May 2021 #6
Send 'em to the cornfield. Buns_of_Fire May 2021 #7
I'm old enough to remember gay people getting fired just for being gay ck4829 May 2021 #8
Some others BumRushDaShow May 2021 #9
More recent, but, applicable... Hugin May 2021 #10
... BumRushDaShow May 2021 #11
Combos are always appropriate... Hugin May 2021 #12
A trifecta projected! BumRushDaShow May 2021 #13

Layzeebeaver

(1,623 posts)
2. shunning
Sun May 9, 2021, 07:25 AM
May 2021

A therapist told me that being "Shunned" was the absolute worst emotional attack that can be performed.

I agreed with him.

Shunning is not "Cancel Culture 2.0" - It's directed personal torture.

ck4829

(35,057 posts)
8. I'm old enough to remember gay people getting fired just for being gay
Sun May 9, 2021, 08:31 AM
May 2021

I don't remember people having labels for those horrible actions back then.

BumRushDaShow

(128,859 posts)
9. Some others
Sun May 9, 2021, 09:37 AM
May 2021

-sent out to sea
-sent out to space
-zeroed out
-marginalized
-made invisible
-wiped
-deprecated
-considered obsolete
-isolated
-exiled

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