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[Snaggletiger]

Cancel Culture to the rescue.  Wes and I have gone back and forth about what cancel culture is, or if it’s really even a thing. At lunch, I saw a prime example of it in action.  A guy by the name of Tom Carriveau, made a post along the lines of the shooter being a bad shot…should have splattered his brains or some shit.  Immediately, the “Let’s Make This Guy Famous” responses go out.  The guy is in Michigan, and apparently owns a boat rental business, and worked for a realty company.  Worked, being the key word.

I had to check it out and went to his bookface page.  Locked, with one of the comments from the realty company saying as of today, he’s no longer employed. Lots of comments about ruining his boat rental business and him personally. 

Now, let me say that if this is fake, because there’s enough fake BS going around to fill the Grand Canyon, then it won’t be the first time I was duped.  DOH!  If not, here’s why it falls into the cancel culture category.  If I suck at my job, and some say I do, my clients can give me a bad review, or bad mouth me to friend and family.  There will be some fallout, based on my level of suckage, and I will most likely lose some future business.  But, it’s fair.  That’s the price of doing business sometimes. 

But this is much different.  These are people who found what he posted, disgusting, if not disturbing.  I happen to agree.  So they set out to ruin the guy.  Not just as customers, clients or friends of his.  The call went out around the country to join in and wipe him out.  Pretty easy to do in today’s world of the medias gone social. If I knew the guy, I’d tell him to fuck right off.  But for me to get involved from Dothan, Alabama to try and ruin some dude I’d never heard of until today, and never done business with, simply because I didn’t like what he had to say, that’s F’d up. That’s cancel culture.

[WiregrassTiger]

I scanned over some of this and some of it actually makes sense. I believe in people’s right to have opinions and I am generally not the kind of person to want to just pile on one simply because I don’t agree with them.

Except Wes or Token.  They seriously should be deported and if anyone starts a petition, I will absolutely join in.


But I seriously feel like you (snags) are immune from being cancelled. You can say whatever you want and I highly doubt they come after you.

This would be one of the instances in which being retarded would be in your favor. Who wants to be responsible for canceling a retard? It’s a bad look.

[CCTAU]

I think trying to cancel those folks is no better that when the shitturds on the left did it.

But we didn't make the rules. They did.

[WiregrassTiger]

I think trying to cancel those folks is no better that when the shitturds on the left did it.

But we didn't make the rules. They did.

In All honesty, I called up to the jail where Token works to get his big ass canceled and HR had no record of him still working there. Apparently there was a glitch in payroll and he’s been receiving checks for the last 8 years after they had let him go.

He has an office in the basement and no one knows what he does, anyway.

[Kaos]

I've been in that position.  Not to that degree, but there was a time a cadre of Bama supporters worked tirelessly to get me fired from my job because I didn't bow to Bama's greatness and said so in public.

I don't agree with canceling people. I've been disgusted to watch people fired from jobs, harassed, etc. over supporting conservative causes, or in some cases merely saying abortion (gay marriage, mutilating kids, the vaccine) is wrong.

If the people who employ this guy, if his customers, if his clients choose to do business elsewhere?  Let the market decide. 

Personally? I don't want to associate with someone who thinks it's okay for somebody to take a shot at Trump. But they have the right to think that and express it.  That said?  If you say something that stupid, you should expect people to reject you. 

Social media.  It's a plague. 20 years ago, that dumbass would have thought it but not had the avenue to spew it into the world.

[Snaggletiger]

I've been in that position.  Not to that degree, but there was a time a cadre of Bama supporters worked tirelessly to get me fired from my job because I didn't bow to Bama's greatness and said so in public.

I don't agree with canceling people. I've been disgusted to watch people fired from jobs, harassed, etc. over supporting conservative causes, or in some cases merely saying abortion (gay marriage, mutilating kids, the vaccine) is wrong.

If the people who employ this guy, if his customers, if his clients choose to do business elsewhere?  Let the market decide. 

Personally? I don't want to associate with someone who thinks it's okay for somebody to take a shot at Trump. But they have the right to think that and express it.  That said?  If you say something that stupid, you should expect people to reject you. 

Social media.  It's a plague. 20 years ago, that dumbass would have thought it but not had the avenue to spew it into the world.

Werd to your mutha.

[CCTAU]

20 years ago, that dumbass would have thought it but not had the avenue to spew it into the world.

OR…Someone would have knocked him the hell out and walked off. No video. No proof. Just a busted head. Which in turn would make him a bit more cautious about his outbursts in the future.

[GH2001]

I think trying to cancel those folks is no better that when the shitturds on the left did it.

But we didn't make the rules. They did.

Actually agree with this 100%. Not a fan of it either way. It goes back to old lynch mob/ witch hunt mentality. The mob forms and it’s unstoppable. It’s a dangerous slippery slope. And many times based off bad information.