So, Scott Adams, has his regular (perhaps daily), video blog. Open to any fans of his, if they want, where he says some stuff. A bit like he would, if he had friends round, for morning coffee and a group chat, about things.
Which many people do (video blogs), in the modern world.
No one is forced to watch it, he is not ramming stuff down peoples throats. As Dave has said, if you follow his stuff, regularly. It is a gentler, less dramatic experience, where he discussing various things.
So, one or more people object to something he says, they then cause a big stir on social media and things and they get the guy 'cancelled'.Respectfully disagree.
If what you suggest was actually the case, I'd be inclined to agree with you.
But there have been several interviews with both Adams and people who know him well where it is apparent that Adams intentionally went down this path and fully expected to get 'cancelled'. He admitted the Rasmussen poll results he pushed were questionable before he even taped the show. To me, that is not the same thing as just sitting around expressing your personal opinion.
With any freedom comes the responsibility to use it wisely. IMO "he chose poorly".
But there have been several interviews with both Adams and people who know him well where it is apparent that Adams intentionally went down this path and fully expected to get 'cancelled'.
How can you make the rules fair (as possible) for each individual and have them result in unequal outcomes? That's a contradiction of logic.
Personally I'm with John Donne, "No man is an island.."
How can you make the rules fair (as possible) for each individual and have them result in unequal outcomes? That's a contradiction of logic.I've already mentioned how nonintact homes in early childhood (by age 8) is a very strong predictor of having a criminal record as an adult.
Meanwhile, I fall back to xkcd for my comics:
https://xkcd.com/1357
Meanwhile, I fall back to xkcd for my comics:
https://xkcd.com/1357I never liked that one (although I love many XKCD ones), because it conveniently avoids the entire issue: that it is not that people stop listening to you because they themselves don't like what you are saying, but because they fear repercussions by the agitators.
It's like having people discuss something around a nice round table, but having men with baseball bats stand behind each person ready to make sure they know the consequences if they discuss anything I don't like. They, too, are absolutely free to discuss anything at all.
Meanwhile, I fall back to xkcd for my comics:
https://xkcd.com/1357I never liked that one (although I love many XKCD ones), because it conveniently avoids the entire issue: that it is not that people stop listening to you because they themselves don't like what you are saying, but because they fear repercussions by the agitators.
Oh, and about Bill Watterson, this just was in my YT feed this morning.
What a difference with the professional troll we are discussing about.
Meanwhile, I fall back to xkcd for my comics:
https://xkcd.com/1357I never liked that one (although I love many XKCD ones), because it conveniently avoids the entire issue: that it is not that people stop listening to you because they themselves don't like what you are saying, but because they fear repercussions by the agitators.
Yep, avoids the real problem.
And when the social media platforms are almost all either controlled by the left wing who like nothing more than taking an opportunity to virtue signal by taking pro-active measures themselves to censor one side (e.g. Patreon's "off platform" policy, and Twitters "Manifest observable behaviour" policy pre-Elon). Or they are so afraid of the mob that they will bow to any pressure from the woke mob.
It's no coincidence that practically all of the "cancellations" are on one side of politics.
Meanwhile, politics and society in the US grow more polarized, and both sides try to "cancel" that with which they disagree.
Why do you say "practically all", instead of "more"?
I don't follow social media.
I don't follow social media.
In regular politics, the main cancellation going on is to keep unfavorable ideas (as seen by either side) away from schools and colleges.
I don't follow social media.
And that's why you have no idea what's been happing over the last decade.
I don't follow social media.
In regular politics, the main cancellation going on is to keep unfavorable ideas (as seen by either side) away from schools and colleges.
Dave's question still applies. How many people with far left wing views have been uninvited from speaking at universities? How many cases have there been of students rioting or shouting down someone with far left views? How many people have been fired from their job for expressing a far left opinion? I can't think of a single one, however I'm more than willing to accept any cases you can point out. As someone who is neither particularly left or right I notice this, and I notice the glaring double standards.
I don't follow social media.
The egregious examples of "shouting down" tend to come from students and similar left-leaning groups (a phenomenon that predates this century).
The political examples tend to come from the other side of the polarization.
I do not find social media relevant to my continuing needs.
I don't follow social media.
And that's why you have no idea what's been happing over the last decade.
I do not find social media relevant to my continuing needs.
The egregious examples of "shouting down" tend to come from students and similar left-leaning groups (a phenomenon that predates this century).
The political examples tend to come from the other side of the polarization.
That doesn't answer the question. What examples do you know of where right wing students have shouted down or threatened a speaker with far left views?
Same with the political examples, can you list one? As much as I disagree with Trump supporters I was appalled at the case where a child wearing a red MAGA hat was assaulted by someone that stole his hat. In another case an elderly couple was attacked and harassed upon exiting a Trump speech. There was an unarmed man marching with a pro Trump group in Oregon that was gunned down in cold blood by a self described "antifa" leftist. There were multiple cases over the past few years where right wing groups staged a peaceful event somewhere and lefists showed up uninvited and attacked them trashing the event. I'm embarrassed by this behavior, aren't you? I am very much NOT a Trump supporter so I hate being forced to defend him or his followers by the behavior of the deranged far left.
I do not find social media relevant to my continuing needs.
Then why are you commenting on something that is primarily occurring via social media? You effectively state that something is not happening, then when pressed for examples you essentially say you don't know because you don't follow. If you don't follow and don't know then how can you claim it isn't happening or isn't an issue?