Cancel culture is real, and it sucks. (a lib's take)

5 reasons it's usually a nah for me

▸ SUMMER OF STREAM
i’ll be live on youtube and twitch every thurs @ 4PM pacific/7PM eastern. schedule might change later

Follow my twitch to get notified!
twitch.tv/laci_green

▸ Listen to The Sex Ed Spiral on Indirect Message via podcasting apps or YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/indirectmessage

▸ say hi
http://www.lacigreen.tv
http://www.twitter.com/gogreen18
http://www.facebook.com/officiallacigreen
http://www.instagram.com/lacigreen

▸ summary
In this video, Laci makes her case against cancel culture. She highlights 5 ways that cancel culture fails as a method of justice, or actively perpetuates injustices.

▸ chapters
00:00 Welcome Back!
00:34 Where most reasonable people agree
02:08 Problem 1: Consequences
05:50 Problem 2: Regular people
08:11 Problem 3: Corporate surveillance
09:00 Problem 4: Activist culture
10:21 Problem 5: Political culture

▸ stories:

David Shor
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html

Majdi Wadi
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/07/28/891829285/after-being-called-out-for-racism-what-comes-next

Mimi Groves
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/opinions/nyt-groves-galligan-adults-failed-on-racism-heitner/index.html

Emmanuel Cafferty
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2020/nov/25/cover-sdge-line-man-fired-white-power-sign/

Kimberly Diei
https://www.thefire.org/cases/university-of-tennessee-health-sciences-center-student-investigated-and-punished-for-social-media-posts/

▸ other cases to ponder:

Teen Vogue editor forced to resign
https://nypost.com/2021/03/18/teen-vogue-editor-resigns-amid-uproar-over-offensive-tweets-from-college/

BP employee fired for making fun of his bosses with Hitler scene from a movie (he won a $200k lawsuit)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/11/downfall-bp-worker-sacked-for-hitler-meme-wins-200000-in-compensation

Claira Hanover lost Deloitte job for tiktok joke about “all lives matter”
https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/harvard-grad-claira-janover-lost-deloitte-job-over-tiktok-stab-threat/

Nathan Robinson fired for a joke about military aid to Israel
https://reason.com/2021/02/10/nathan-robinson-the-guardian-israel-tweet-joke-column/

Tow truck driver gets fired after being accused of denying service to Biden supporter — with no evidence:
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/11/aaa-cuts-ties-with-oregon-tow-truck-driver-who-refused-to-help-biden-supporter.html

Professor fired from University of Pittsburgh for a paper critical of affirmative action https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/healthcare-economics/cardiologist-sues-employer-punishment-affirmative-action

Professor fired for speaking in Mandarin bc it sounds like a slur in English
https://dailytrojan.com/2020/09/22/usc-professor-placed-on-leave-after-speaking-chinese-should-be-reinstated/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CUSC%20professor%20no%20longer%20teaching,administration%20of%20his%20use%20of

Educators demoted for refusing to do Wakanda salute
https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/02/24/two-demoted-educators-sue-nyc-department-of-education-claim-pattern-of-discrimination-included-being-ordered-to-make-wakanda-forever-salute/

UTC Coach fired for mocking Stacey Abrams https://reclaimthenet.org/chris-malone-lawsuit/

College student forced off women’s soccer team for not taking a knee https://www.thefire.org/soccer-players-lawsuit-is-a-reminder-that-athletes-arent-obligated-to-take-a-political-stand-or-kneel-on-the-field/

Zoom blocks college events featuring controversial Palestinian activist Leila Khaled (she hijacked a plane)
https://www.thefire.org/zoom-cancels-another-academic-event-with-leila-khaled-again-raising-questions-about-companys-role-in-the-classroom/

Syracuse Uni dismantles frat for private skit roasting a member for being racist
https://www.thefire.org/cases/syracuse-university-students-threatened-with-expulsion-for-satirical-fraternity-roast/

Kieran Bhattacharya, a UVA med school student, suspended for asking to clarify the definition of microaggressions during a panel on the topic:
https://reason.com/2021/04/07/microaggressions-uva-student-kieran-bhattacharya-threat/

18k petition to fire Cambridge professor for tweeting ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’ (The school defended her.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/25/petition-white-lives-cambridge-university-priyamvada-gopal-professor/

20+ health officials around the country have been fired, or left their jobs under great pressure, bc they're pro-mask or pro-lockdowns.
https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2020/06/22/public-health-officials-facing-threats-and-political-pushback-during-pandemic-are-leaving-their-posts-nationwide/

▸ Running catalogue of lawsuits here: https://www.thefire.org/category/newsdesk

▸ Orgs working on cancel culture overreach:
The FIRE Org: thefire.org
Heterodox Academy: https://heterodoxacademy.org/
Counterweight: https://counterweightsupport.com/

Prochain épisode

S01E180 - It's Not You, it's TINDER. Let's talk sexonomics...