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In reply to the discussion: J.K. Rowling, B.Weiss & N. Chomsky Among Dozens Sign Open Letter Calling for End to Cancel Culture [View all]Beringia
(4,316 posts)141. Methinks thou doth protest too much Steinem and Chomsky
They probably hold dear many elitist strongholds from the past, love and nostalgia for things that have not hurt them personally.
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J.K. Rowling, B.Weiss & N. Chomsky Among Dozens Sign Open Letter Calling for End to Cancel Culture [View all]
lapucelle
Jul 2020
OP
His understanding of the alt-right and the rise of fascism hasn't really kept up with reality.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2020
#21
Imagine being sad when you have to hear the little people's objections to your views.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2020
#11
Cancel culture is simply a passive method designed to avoid the consequences of free speech
LanternWaste
Jul 2020
#49
Whatever you do gird your loins before daring to dissent on the one of her Twitter threads
TubbersUK
Jul 2020
#62
My money is mine - I tend to avoid buying things from people that piss me off.
backscatter712
Jul 2020
#113
She's not being punished for her speech. People are pushing back on a platform that allows such
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2020
#164
"Sure, just like David Duke's disagreement with Black people is one way of looking at an issue,
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2020
#180
One imagines that if we value speech, we then realize the consequences of that speech.
LanternWaste
Jul 2020
#48
Wow. This is really stupid. You are free to say things. People are free to not like what you say.
Squinch
Jul 2020
#13
Yes - such a pompous, inane letter IMO - read it twice & can't find any substance in it n/t
TubbersUK
Jul 2020
#19
No, I don't know of that process either, but the process of reinforcing that a
Doodley
Jul 2020
#182
Fallon Fox, MtF trans, seriously injured Tamikka Brents and destroyed her career.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jul 2020
#201
The Federalist is a Conservative, Pro-Trump Propaganda Site. Also, Responses Below...
Sophia_Of_PlanetX
Jul 2020
#204
Every TERF I've seen online or IRL absolutely hates trans women and wants them not to exist.
Sophia_Of_PlanetX
Jul 2020
#206
She's upset because she's down to her last 14.3 million Twitter followers poor thing
TubbersUK
Jul 2020
#35
JK Rowling wrote some absolutely genius kids' books & oversaw their wonderful movies. ...
Hekate
Jul 2020
#33
Based on the recent backlash, Rowling's signature is most likely an exercise in self-service.
lapucelle
Jul 2020
#41
Many of them are of an era that has a different concept of liberalism and progressivism than the
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2020
#67
A list of people and things Donald Trump tried to get canceled before he railed against 'cancel cult
soothsayer
Jul 2020
#38
Rightwingers have been trying to silence me my whole life. I see no reason to copy their methods
struggle4progress
Jul 2020
#57
I am opposed to the cancel culture and will boycott anyone who disagrees with me!
Doodley
Jul 2020
#82
I have read the letter. It commits the common -- and disingenuous -- error of treating "all sides"
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2020
#137
They lost me with their claim of "the intolerant climate that has set in on all sides."
VOX
Jul 2020
#93
You are correct about the right. They aren't the same, but we can't become them.
musicblind
Jul 2020
#112
Those who complain about "Political Correctness" just want to say the n-word in "polite" company...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#139
No, I'm talking about current context, just like how this letter is just a transphobe...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#142
Generally people who never have to worry about juggling rent and groceries, who have access...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#150
Uhm, do most of these people have to work 50+ hours a week to be able to make rent every month?
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2020
#155
You can't change everyone's mind . It just turns into those who are victimized having to be the ones
JI7
Jul 2020
#125
Just because she is a progressive and allies with Cortez, doesn't mean she has not
Beringia
Jul 2020
#160