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Cancel or Call-Out Culture

Something called 'cancel culture' was mentioned in Australian media today. I'd never heard of it. Does anyone perpetrate it, or has someone experienced it. I suppose I could call being barred from the Whirlpool forums for daring to support free and open discussions on socially contentious topics an example of it.
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
The way I understand it it's about censorship and content filtering based on moral values of a certain group of people. I don't think it's necessarily bad in moderation but I heard stories where it had been blown out of proportions. Allegedly, the comics industry and independent artists suffered great losses in recent years. One thing is if the boss of a private company decides that he doesn't want you as his employee because your political/moral views are in conflict with what the company tries to present another thing is when independent artists are gang-attacked on online platforms because their works have been accused of having content offensive to this specific group to the point where the platform starts filtering this content and labeling artists as offensive. In many cases it's not even a legit reason, just some absurd made-up bullshit.

I support free speech, we had this kind of shit before 1989, we don't need it again. The trash will take out itself. I can decide myself what is offensive or morally flawed, I don't need someone else to decide that for me and filter the content before I can have a chance to form my own opinion about it.
Allelse · 36-40, M
I have no idea what you're talking about about, so I can't help you.
SW-User
Some people deserve to be cancelled 🤷🏻‍♀️
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@SW-User DONALD J TRUMP the 45th President of the USA being the number 1 candidate for being cancelled!
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
I've also heard it called "outrage" culture, and I don't get it. I think that some people, in a virtue-signaling move, agree to pile on said person, irrespective of any and all positive contributions.
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