(11-30-2022, 08:04 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-30-2022, 06:48 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: But that's how they think. Anyone who opposes them on anything are digitally "drawn and quartered" in the public square (their words to describe Twitter before Musk took over) or cancelled. Just look at what they say to and about Tulsi Gabbard now. Hell, Musk was their dude before he started commenting on their hypocrisy before he bought Twitter.

It does feel that way.  But social media is all fun house mirrors on a good day.  We're not always able to tell if it's the same people doing the digital vivisection each time.  Instead of focusing on the possible hypocrisy, I think we should just assert a principle that no one except the very worst people, people with long histories of hateful thought, should be boycotted or cancelled in this manner.

You're talking about people who made snap decisions based on their feelings. They're not going to be rational about people they see as opposition. 

Social media has allowed people to say what they really think without the consequences. Like getting a beat down. People are more hateful and divisive when they're not face to face with whom they're talking to/about. It points to a serious problem. A great many people are very angry and not dealing with that anger in a healthy way and they carry that with them everywhere they go and to everyone they interact with. 

Social media is pretty much a powderkeg just waiting for the perfect storm to set it off.

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