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aeberbach:
Simple: "cancel culture" is what they call it when one of their own experiences consequences. "f*** around and find out" is what they call it when someone else experiences consequences.

james_s:

--- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on March 14, 2023, 03:02:34 am ---Please define "cancel culture".

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Why don't you just read through the thread and see where it has been defined multiple times? Or you could google it.

It's pretty simple really, "cancelling" is when a mob, usually online on Twitter or other social media uses bullying tactics to attempt to force entities associated with a person who said something they find offensive to cut ties with that person. Entities can include corporations the person works for or is otherwise associated with, friends, family, or other associates. The primary goal is to silence a person, then to punish/harass/destroy them to the greatest extent possible. The "cancellers" are bullies, plain and simple, just like the bullies commonly found on school playgrounds. Like any bully, they use tactics including threats, harassment, intimidation, and sometimes physical violence. They're not interested in a debate, they're not interested in a conversation, and they're not interested in educating, all they are interested in is the use of force or coercion.

You've made it abundantly clear that you support this behavior, but just you wait, if it continues sooner or later they will come after you. Very few individuals can pass all of the purity tests, especially since they change over time and you can be punished for something you said or a photo that turns up from 20-30 years ago that has retroactively been deemed offensive.

I don't think you're actually interested in learning anything about it, but if you are, look up Bret Weinstein since that was one of the early victims. He and his wife sued Evergreen University and won half a million dollars, a bit low given what they went through and were accused of for the great sin of declining to participate in an "optional" and blatantly racist event but at least it's something.

If you still don't get it, then you are willfully ignorant.

james_s:

--- Quote from: wilfred on March 14, 2023, 02:40:50 am ---Sounds to me like some are suggesting that threads like this one defeat the purpose of an electronics forum. I'm leaning that way too.

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Then why are you here? There are hundreds of other threads, lots of them don't interest me, I ignore those, are you familiar with the ignore thread feature? Nobody is forcing you to participate in this thread if you're not getting anything out of it. This isn't an electronics forum, it's an electrical engineering forum, Dilbert and office/corporate politics are very much a part of engineering.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on March 14, 2023, 03:02:34 am ---Please define "cancel culture".
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If you have to ask that then I'd prefer that you not particiate in this thread. You are clearly not here to talk about Dilbert and Adams.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: wilfred on March 14, 2023, 02:36:35 am ---Edit: Maybe it's time to set aside a board for such discussion. Cooking scored one and this must be at least as deserving given the nerve it seems to have struck.

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I repeat, the community here has voted down this idea multiple times over the years, the majority do not want a free-for-all section.

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