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coollino
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Could you explain?
See above. I don't know what more evidence you need that it's clearly a real phenomenon but your response is as par for the course as it comes.
coollino
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I did not say didn't exist, I said this particular person who you described in the whole post does not exist. You are twisting things again.
coollino
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Right, okay. Not quite sure how you got to that conclusion but it's not often you admit defeat.
How can you have "cancel culture" when the political party representing those supposedly being cancelled is in power?
You've literally just said to me "it's all in your imagination, I'm not going to say why and don't bother showing any evidence to prove otherwise as I'm not interested."
How am I supposed to respond to that with anything but contempt?
What's the point?
So, to be clear, in your view it doesn't exist then?
My problem is the application of these phrases.
Is this an example of cancel culture?
Some bells on Twitter with too much time on their hands, so are idiotically moaning at companies for advertising?
Or is it the people supporting GB news idiotically saying they’re gonna boycott Kopperberg?
Who’s cancelling who in this scenario? Has anyone actually been cancelled?
Or is it just a load of sh!tposters on Twitter, either pretending to get angry, or actually getting angry, while GB News, Kopperberg and Nivea rub their hands together at all the free advertising.
It's a power thing in my opinion, with those who have historically been marginalised using social media to raise their voice in ways that have previously seldom been possible. Those who have been always in positions of power (white men usually) decide that they don't like this.
In this instance, however, it's hard to feel sorry for GB News when their ideology is firmly at the reins of the UK government and has underpinned the biggest ruction in British politics in a generation. What the feck are they crying about?
As for what should be done about it, I would love for their ideology to be dismantled with facts and reason, but heaven knows the Brexit debacle showed the limits of that approach. The laugh at them approach you advocate hasn't worked with Johnson, it hasn't worked for Farage, and I see no reason why it would work for GB News.
Defining what is basically consumer activism as "cancel culture" is also suggesting that something that has in reality happened for hundreds of years is a new thing.
It's a crystal clear example of it. Something exists, we don't want it to exist, let's moan to companies to 'defund' it so it doesn't exist. I don't want to argue against the philosophy or politics of this thing, I just want it dead.
The 'boycott' reaction is just that, a reaction to the initial act.
Who wins in this? Not Kopparberg. They'll see sales go down, as the only people angered by this are the majority of consumers as seen with Gillette's plummeting sales after their nonsense. No, GB News win. Hands down. Everything they've said has been justified in an instant, not by their supporters, but by their opposition.
'Cancel culture' describes it perfectly and the application of it is often fine. It's the culture of left-leaning people in not engaging with political viewpoints that don't match their own, but instead to silence them.
coollino
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I said you get riled by a very particular type of person. A person who is nothing more than a stereotype.
A person who can be seen as 'woke' doesn't have to support a multi national firms marketing campaign or not understand why certain governments win.
This obviously happens both ways. The word 'fascist' shouldn't be used as much as 'woke' shouldn't be.
You are doing exactly the same thing as the people you oppose and, astonishingly, you can't see it.
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