05-24-2021, 12:58 PM
(05-24-2021, 12:36 PM)Duchess Wrote: One of the things that comes to mind right away is his opinion of "cancel culture". I think that cancel culture is simply a new word for an old thing. The difference is that regular citizens have a platform, small that it may be in some cases, in the form of social media. Opinions are read immediately, as opposed to opinions traveling by word of mouth. Back in the day if one hired a contractor and their work sucked, that would get around by word of mouth, these days it gets out to the masses immediately once it's posted online and the business gets dragged and no one will hire them. I don't see cancel culture being an all bad thing unless an innocent gets pulled into it.
How are we supposed to know if someone is or isn't "innocent" when tribalism is rampant? The only time most of us care is when the person or organization is part of our tribe, otherwise we just assume they got what they deserved, and this is true regardless of political affiliation.
Also, good and bad always go hand in hand, nothing in this world is all bad or all good, and what we perceive depends on our perspective.