87k likes for this bit of totalitarian bullshit. Imagine for a moment that this was a Polish government supporter referring to LGBTQ advocates. Or a MAGA activist about migrants rights campaigners. As it could easily be.https://twitter.com/Phillipasoo/status/1280890450778501120 …
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Not disagreeing with the definition, but is there a good example of people’s opinions being vaporised or cancelled? I can’t immediately think of one yet keep hearing about a cancel culture that apparently exists
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Except the PEOPLE are not literally cancelled. Their presence on a particular platform is. Freedom of speech gives you the right to not be executed for your opinions. It does not give you the right to a Twitter account.
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@Twitter should change it from ‘like’, with a silly heart, to something more grown-up, like ‘noted’ or ‘marked’. Words matter, especially those which convey approval. - End of conversation
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“All we do is hold people accountable for their actions, that’s all. You’ll be fine with us, if you don’t step out of line” - said every gangster ever.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So who has been "vaporized" Matt
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Many women have been removed from Twitter because of their views on sex and gender. Universities have cancelled lectures by female academics because of perceived offence.
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It is incredibly depressing.
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I always think of Danny Baker's immediate sacking by the BBC, because some thought one ill-judged tweet made him an unremitting white-supremacist. No room for explanation. Gone.
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"Cancel" means "vaporise"? I vaporised my dinner reservation? The problem here is that while you're both extremely bad at your jobs, you *are* journalists, and you do *know* what you're doing. And what you're doing is absolutely despicable. And yet you still have jobs?
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Obviously Drugstore Culture went south. Is that why you're so angry, Matthew? It was "vaporised" because it was a load of toss. Sorry mate
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