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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: SerieZ on July 01, 2020, 10:34:34 am ---Decent people need to open their mouth and tell the loonies to fuck off or else you will go the way of the Pirate Party in Germany.
Ignoring the Issue wont make it go away.

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Unfortunately decent and rational people with any sort of power or reach risk being "cancelled" if they do that. So it's easier to either capitulate or say nothing.
donotdespisethesnake:
More irony...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53245501


--- Quote ---The head of human resources at sportswear giant Adidas has resigned amid a row over the firm's corporate culture and lack of diversity.

Karen Parkin is a British citizen who had worked at Adidas for more than 20 years.

Her exit follows protests by Adidas staff over a comment she reportedly made at an internal meeting last year.
...
Ms Parkin, who is leaving the role with immediate effect, was the only woman on the company's board.

Her resignation means that the company's executive board is now made up entirely of white men. Adidas has previously said that it would take action to address issues of diversity and inclusion.
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Shoot the messenger, but still no real change.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: John B on July 01, 2020, 10:39:57 am ---What/when/how did this happen? Mind you I'm not on twitter or basically any other social media, so it's quite likely this went totally under my radar.
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I don't want to dredge it up. But yes, it's a Twitter thing.
The interesting thing is, not one person, not a single one, of the outraged twitter mob ever contacted me and asked for clarification.
They don't want your explanation, they have instantly made up their mind you are *insert ism's here*.
I was branded enemy of the state based on out-of-context or simply misinterpreted tweets that were shared by several high profile electronics people and that was that, it was cool to pile on and attack me and get me cancelled.
I simply ignored them and told them to bugger off until they started attacking and harassing people I knew. Twitter is toxic to the core.

Interestingly, the exact same tweet that sparked it all, on Instagram was met with zero outrage.

Please don't anyone derail this thread with talk of that here, I probably shouldn't have bought it up. But it is important to know that cancel culture exists in the electronics industry.
BTW, not that it worked on me, you can revel in the fact that it was a complete failure ;D
Unfortunately there was some collateral damage to other people associated with me.
coppice:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 01, 2020, 10:30:13 am ---And the funny thing is they they will turn on each other without a moment's hesitation. You can be the most outspoken and strident modern SJW with all the right talking points for years..

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This is baked in. The "correct" thing changes week by week, the internet remembers forever, and forgiveness, tolerance, and nuance are not permitted. Every single person's history is going to be out of line with the right-think-de-jour at some point, and the only think separating them from cancellation is whether someone is scanning their history on that day. Eventually they'll have some fancy system, with a cute name like "Orwell", to do the scanning automatically.

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 01, 2020, 10:30:13 am ---But dare to have one nuanced opinion that "they" don't like, and you are forced to grovel and appologise under threat of "cancellation".

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That's not right. Any hint of apology will sink you completely, as its an admission. The few people who survive are the ones bold enough to say grow up.
SerieZ:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 01, 2020, 10:45:58 am ---
--- Quote from: SerieZ on July 01, 2020, 10:34:34 am ---Decent people need to open their mouth and tell the loonies to fuck off or else you will go the way of the Pirate Party in Germany.
Ignoring the Issue wont make it go away.

--- End quote ---

Unfortunately decent and rational people with any sort of power or reach risk being "cancelled" if they do that. So it's easier to either capitulate or say nothing.

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At which point being a Snitch/Informer became popular? Unless someone is a truly horrific person I do not believe many people think this "cancel culture" or outrage Mob is cool, justified or reasonable.
Also the new thing is now that being silent is not enough anymore either.
"Silence is Violence"
 :wtf:

Scary
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