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drmoose@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMe too though luckily I’ve only learned about Neil Gaiman just before all of this shit broke out.
I think cancel culture might actually be a net good and hear me out. There are a lot of really good people and role models out there but it’s a crowded space and we should move quicker with social judgement to sort out the marbles. We still hadn’t figured out how to do it in a more organized manner but yeah fuck Neil Gaiman, there are thousands of other brilliant writers who are also great human beings, we should give them space to thrive!
spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 weeks ago
A theory I have is that cancel culture as we will eventually know it will be considered to have simply had a rocky start. Instances where social cancellation is greatly overapplied or underapplied to an unjust degree continue to happen, but to a lesser degree each year it seems.
The social media revolution was a huge shock to popular culture and the social patterns that communicate it. It makes sense that it would take time for society to level out its reactions in response.
drmoose@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well said! More people need to hear this.