He can't repeat the tactic when he's hired elsewhere unless that other platform also hires him That's the whole fucking point - you act like Jude has tyrannical power over the whole marketplace, when he's just exercising freedom of association and costing himself money doing so
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I mean, the "cancel culture" stuff literally started over this actual example People actually walking silently out of the room when someone they know to be a harasser/abuser walks in, and being accused of being "drama queens"
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"Well if you think this guy is a creep, why not take him to court? Why not depose witnesses and allow an objective jury to determine if his creepiness exceeds actionable levels?" etc
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Social ostracization is a powerful thing, and it has been used against all sorts of completely normal behaviour (Mormons shunning their kids for dating outside the religion, queer kids being themselves, etc). I think these folks knowingly weaponize a conflation of this with that.
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That a given technique has been used unjustly doesn't mean every single use of it is unjust automatically.
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That is, interestingly enough, a Law of Chess, which has been quietly suspended during the pandemic: you are required to accept a handshake at start-of-game if offered one.
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Sure, but that's a specific formality in a specific formal setting and not a general principle. (You also have to bow to your opponent in most martial arts competitions. Etc.)
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My partner refers to this tendency on the part of fash as the "it's illegal not to like us" principle.
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