[FRIAM] the cancellation arc

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

I salted away the thought that most of Mill's ON LIBERTY concerned EXTRA legal repression.  

Nick Thompson
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https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of ? glen
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:33 AM
To: FriAM <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: [FRIAM] the cancellation arc

The New Puritans
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/

Steps extracted:
1) you divide your acquaintances into heroes, villains, and good-but-useless.
2) you can't continue in your (admittedly "successful") learned behaviors (career, etc.).
3) you obsess that everyone hates you and apologize, even if you feel you did nothing wrong; and your apology is rejected.
4) people investigate you, confirming your persecution complex by anonymous proceedings controlled by people you think hold grudges against you.

And I suppose 5) you grapple with what to do after the episode (e.g. become a Free Speech Warrior - FSW or move on).

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glen ⛧

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