I don’t get it when people compare cancel culture to the free market…

Isn’t the free market just having the right to not want to do business with someone? For whatever reason?

I mean, if someone wants to boycott then that's fine and that’s their choice,
but if they don't want to boycott then that's also their choice

But from what I’ve seen, a cancel culture mob will not only bully, send death threats to and doxx the person they’re trying to cancel, but they will also come after anyone else that does business with said person, customers etc?

I mean like, if you’re actively trying to stop someone who wants to do business with someone else then how is that the free market?

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dancingtongue · 80-89, M

Free market: no barriers, tariffs, restrictions, limits on trade/sale across borders. You begin blocking others or imposing tariffs, and you get retaliated against, up to being cancelled.

Freedom of culture, opinion, speech: Likewise. As you're entitle to express your views up until the point you begin restricting, discriminating, using hate speech, or otherwise limiting others. At which point you are going to get backlash and retribution, up to being cancelled.

Fishy · 36-40, F

@dancingtongue

Freedom of culture, opinion, speech: Likewise. As you're entitle to express your views up until the point you begin restricting, discriminating, using hate speech, or otherwise limiting others

Yeah thing is though, those things are becoming more and more subjective.

I've noticed that many people will agree with things like discrimination etc being bad, but they seem to have different opinions to what discrimination actually is

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@Fishy The devil always is in the details -- like agreeing on definitions. I agree.