[FRIAM] the cancellation arc

Tue Sep 14 21:44:32 EDT 2021

In Mexico the equivalent expression is (or was) "ash!'

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On Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 7:22 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Glen,
>
> As you have taught me to say [and I love to say it], " Oh, pfffffft!"  (I
> even threw in a few extra eff's, in honor of you.]
>
> Surely regulating mob formation is one of the thing that even Libertarian
> states legitimately do.  I share your distaste for victim/trauma
> narratives, but I still believe there is a place for institututions and
> practices designed to head off mob behavior.
>
> Nick
>
> Nick Thompson
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:32 PM
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the cancellation arc
>
> IDK. It came off as triggered snowflake to me ... holding onto an
> obsolete, nostalgic conception of what it means to be human. Of course the
> nail that sticks up must be hammered down. That's the way a hyper-connected
> world works. These people who expect others to take into considerations the
> in context details of whatever minutiae they're being canceled for are just
> wrong-headed, muddy thinkers. Reminds me of Ben Shapiro's phrase: The facts
> don't care about your feelings. All these tears from woe-is-me, formerly
> successful prima donnas who now have to live like us already ostracized
> normies don't move me much.
>
> Get with the program. You don't matter. You're not special. The silly
> little details of how unfairly the mob has treated you don't matter. Get
> over it. Life sucks. Then you die.
>
> On 9/14/21 1:23 PM, Eric Charles wrote:
> > That is a really good article. Oddly well balanced, veering at times one
> direction or another, then correcting. Coulda been tightened up a bit...
> but if that's my only criticism, that's pretty high praise!
> >
> >
> > <mailto:echarles at american.edu>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 4:33 AM ⛧ glen <gepropella at gmail.com <mailto:
> gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     The New Puritans
> >
> > https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-
> > justice-canceled/619818/
> > <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).
> >
> >     --
> >     glen ⛧
> >
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