• paraphrand@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The internet has made it difficult to effectively ostracize assholes on it. I only say this because I agree with you. It was easier to ostracize assholes in smaller contexts. In global contexts, it’s much more difficult. And it’s whack-a-mole.

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      1 day ago

      Yup, it actually empowers them. Every time we see someone get fired for some completely dickish stuff they’ve done or said, the next day we see a go fund me worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars from cretins living vicariously through them.

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        1 day ago

        “I got canceled!” “I’m a victim of cancel culture!”

        Of course, they never mention what, exactly, they got cancelled for.