or that recognizing that life in a democratic society has lot more coercion and tumult than we previously liked to recognize
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @SWGoldman and
here’s where i am: i am willing to agree that there’s something call “cancel culture” that is currently afflicting discourse but to the extent i am interested in discussing it is to historicize it and that’s what we’re attempting to donhwre.
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Replying to @Jacob__Siegel @jbouie and
yeah my objection was i don’t know that this is the best context but it seems like the one that’s resorted to because it’s very rhetorically potent and charged, and maybe a larger problem is always putting things in the most dire possible terms
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Replying to @Jacob__Siegel @jbouie and
welllll i mean that’s true but my reaction to that piece in the moment was written was like jesus christ they are trying to justify martial law and shooting people down so i can’t really sympathize with the idea that a fierce response to it was the real illiberal menace
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @Jacob__Siegel and
speaking of context that op ed appeared in an extremely heated moment and was very incendiary it’s not surprising it got a strong response, i would’ve put my objection in different terms but i totally get it
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @Jacob__Siegel and
Also, according to Ben Smith's reporting, the objection is specific to be legally protected, as later pointed out by their union, i.e. you can't separate the discourse 'coercion' from the capital and labor coercion that runs parallel to it.pic.twitter.com/xLlefElleV
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Replying to @rortybomb @lionel_trolling and
Exactly. Safetyism language is a function of labor laws. There's very little free speech in most workplaces & this is rare area of leverage. People who whine endless about cancel culture don't generally care about restrictions at will employment imposes on speech.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @rortybomb and
I don't think that's quite accurate, Jeet. I haven't looked at this rigorously, but my strong impression is that safetyism emerged out of campus Title IX enforcement parameters.
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Ah, that's interesting. There's also some roots in therapeutic culture (including especially Vietnam war veterans). The larger point is that it's not just language that is used willy-nilly or is a Soviet implant -- it has a specific legal/medical sanction & roots in USA culture
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