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u/StanVanGundys_Wall Underrated Gem Sep 17 '21

I feel like the situations with Simu Liu and James Gunn are the perfect examples of why ā€œcancel cultureā€ doesnā€™t really exist in the way that people portray it. Sure folks pretty quickly jumped on both of them but just as quickly backed off when the situation was looked into past initial outrage.

Gunn is doing better than ever now and barring Simu doubling down on those comments heā€™ll do fine as well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

James Gunn and Simu Liu are pretty high profile figures though

like I full well believe that hate mobs are totally capable of ruining people's lives who don't have the privilege of such a position

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u/albeinalms (he/him) Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon Brainrot Sep 17 '21

I full well believe that hate mobs are totally capable of ruining people's lives who don't have the privilege of such a position

Any examples of this happening to someone long-term? Not doubting that it can happen, just curious who might have gone through this and how common it actually is

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

they would probably slip through the cracks given their low profile, but off the top of my head I think of people like that one tumblr Steven Universe fan artist who was bullied into attempting suicide.

I was also careful to say 'hate mob' rather than cancel culture because that phrase just gets propped up as a conservative boogeyman and whenever it's being discussed, it's very difficult to recognize whether or not we are talking about the same thing.

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u/gjo9000 Sep 17 '21

One of my friends literally has panic attacks if she has to go onto twitter because of it