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I used to defend everyone against cancel culture... now I pick my battles
Back in 2020 I'd jump into every Twitter thread to argue someone got canceled unfairly. Like that baker in Texas who lost half her orders over a joke about rainbow frosting. I spent probably 20 hours a week fighting for strangers. Now? I only speak up if the person is actually losing income or getting threats. Last week a local artist got dragged for a old myspace post from 2006. I stayed out of it. Does anyone else feel like the stakes have changed or am I just getting tired?
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west.anna14d ago
Is it possible we actually got better at spotting the difference between a real threat and just noise though? Like @rowan2, I used to think every cancellation was the start of a witch hunt but now I see most of them fizzle out on their own. The baker you mentioned actually ended up getting more orders after that whole thing blew over because people felt bad for her. I think we trained ourselves to see danger everywhere when really the internet has a short memory and most people bounce back. So maybe it's not guilt or tiredness, maybe we just got wiser about which fires actually need putting out.
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