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Shermann

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9. We've established a jury system for those charged with crimes, and the same rules apply to everybody

Reply to Caliman73 (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 3, 2021, 04:53 PM

Mar 2021

There are 12 votes and they need to collaborate face-to-face and be accountable and unanimous.

With social media, it's far less structured and far less fair. The only one with skin in the game is the accused. Yet, the penalties can be just as severe. These don't even need a simple majority.

I don't claim to have the answers. I do know that we would first need to agree that there is even a problem.

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A very simple explanation of "cancel culture". [View all] Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 OP

Invisible Hand is multigraincracker Mar 2021 #1

What it means to me is . . . gratuitous Mar 2021 #2

That's fine for Dr. Seuss books Shermann Mar 2021 #4

I'll need an example gratuitous Mar 2021 #5

Bill Maher went through five examples last week, it's worth watching Shermann Mar 2021 #7

I'd prefer not to give Bill Maher any clicks gratuitous Mar 2021 #8

Emmanuel Cafferty was fired for making the okay gesture in public. Dr. Strange Mar 2021 #17

That certainly sound egregious gratuitous Mar 2021 #19

The cancel culture aspect isn't the company. Dr. Strange Mar 2021 #20

I canceled Bill Maher a long time ago. hunter Mar 2021 #10

Nothing he provided was an example of due process being denied. LanternWaste Mar 2021 #11

So Emmanuel Cafferty got his due process before being fired? nt Shermann Mar 2021 #15

PC, fake news, cancel culture - all fascist newspeak for the RWNJs should never be... Thomas Hurt Mar 2021 #3

Canceling is actually a thing, just not what Conservatives see it as. Caliman73 Mar 2021 #6

We've established a jury system for those charged with crimes, and the same rules apply to everybody Shermann Mar 2021 #9

By your standard, the discontinuation of the Pet Rock and Atari's Pong are... LanternWaste Mar 2021 #12

Being shunned or mocked on social media is not the same as going to prison. hunter Mar 2021 #13

The jury system is not the only system. It has never been as such. Caliman73 Mar 2021 #14

As has been stated many times, the right wingers co-opted the term. They didn't invent it. Shermann Mar 2021 #16

It's a dog whistle for racists. Initech Mar 2021 #18

This is essentially a circular argument Shermann Mar 2021 #21

I totally agree it's a circular firing squad. Initech Mar 2021 #22