Cancel culture has gone too far

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Funny how the left forgets Al Gore and his goofy wife trying to cancel anything that had to do with fun during the 90's

The same hypocritical Al Gore, criss crossing the skies riding his jet and having a gargantuan mansion using excessive amounts of electricity and water and adding to the pollution in a big way but, nothing to see here. Apple put him on its board of directors and gave him like $200 million in options which he cashed in. It must be swell to be an extreme liberal darling where everything is handed to you on a platter and you are not held accountable for anything you do on top of that! ET trolls obviously, approve.

 

[Wallet]

Just a small token of appreciation for inventing the internet.

 

[WeToddDid2]

 

[Cuddles]

We should demand the same thing here...

Reddit Moderators Demand The Platform Take Action Against Covid Disinformation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlie...orm-take-action-against-covid-disinformation/

Moderators of some of Reddit’s most popular subreddits published an open letter calling on the company to do more to prevent the dissemination of medical disinformation that they say runs rampant on the platform, demanding Reddit ban message boards they assert “exist solely” to spread coronavirus disinformation and undermine efforts to fight the pandemic.

A group of volunteer moderators who oversee message boards, or “subreddits,” with tens of millions of users pointed in the letter to examples of Reddit users misrepresenting as ineffective or even dangerous scientifically proven methods of stopping the spread of coronavirus, like wearing face masks, social distancing and vaccines.

The disinformation can be deadly in some cases, the open letter states, mentioning the bizarre practice of taking cattle dewormers to treat coronavirus symptoms, which the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning against last week after reporting “growing interest” in the drug by humans.

The open letter states that the disinformation on Reddit “attains an air of legitimacy through sheer volume of repetition,” and that “people begin to believe [it] wholeheartedly.”

Popular subreddits with moderators that signed on to the open letter include r/aww, r/lifeprotips, r/pics, r/showerthoughts, r/tifu and r/UpliftingNews, which each have at least 10 million subscribers, along with hundreds of smaller communities.

Reddit did not immediately respond to a Forbes request for comment.

Crucial Quote
“There is a good chance that the disinformation that Reddit is currently inundated with will necessitate people a stay at the toxicology department in the hospital or even cost them their lives. There can be no room for leniency when people are dying as a result of misinformation on this platform,” the open letter states.

Big Number
52 million. That’s how many daily users Reddit had on average in late 2020, the platform told The Wall Street Journal in December, a figure it said was a 44% jump from the same time the previous year. It was the first time Reddit publicly disclosed the metric.

Key Background
Other social media platforms that have struggled with moderating coronavirus misinformation include Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Last year, Reddit administrators pledged to do more to remove misinformation from the platform and prevent it from spreading, a promise the open letter claims has led to “nothing of substance” besides “quarantining” r/NoNewNormal, a subreddit dedicated to anti-mask and anti-vaccination. When a subreddit is quarantined, the message board will “display a warning that requires users to explicitly opt-in,” Reddit says. According to the moderators’ open letter, it isn’t a strong enough response, writing that quarantining “barely reduces traffic and does little to stop misinformation.”

Clear as day example of cancel culture

 

[WeToddDid2]

 

[gwb-trading]

Clear as day example of cancel culture

So let me get this straight -- you somehow believe the moderators on Reddit are raising an online mob to hunt down people who post stuff that they disagree with, out them, get them fired, cause them loss of income and inflict threats of violence on them? --- because this is what Cancel Culture actually is.

Removing obvious misinformation from a social media platform or message board is not Cancel Culture.

 

[Ricter]

believe the moderators on Reddit are raising an online mob to hunt down people who post stuff that they disagree with, out them, get them fired, cause them loss of income and inflict threats of violence on them?

Holy shit, that sounds like bosses and owners when they hear the word "union", lol.

 

[Cuddles]

So let me get this straight -- you somehow believe the moderators on Reddit are raising an online mob to hunt down people who post stuff that they disagree with, out them, get them fired, cause them loss of income and inflict threats of violence on them? --- because this is what Cancel Culture actually is.

Removing obvious misinformation from a social media platform or message board is not Cancel Culture.

you used to love defending peddlers of misinformation. What happened to you?

"After violent left-wing activists rioted at Berkeley in protest of a lecture by Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, The Daily Caller reported that the main group behind the protests -- Refuse Facism -- was backed by The Alliance for Global Justice -- which in turn is backed by The Tides Foundation, a Soros-funded group."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-soros-groups-left-wing-causes-in-europe.html

"Good news: Controversial protest at UC Berkeley succeeds. Bad news: At driving pre-sales of Milo Yiannopoulos's new book through the roof."

Sales soar for Milo Yiannopoulos book 'Dangerous'
http://www.journalnow.com/news/nati...cle_0d8ed84a-e992-11e6-b624-572928699428.html

 

[gwb-trading]

you used to love defending peddlers of misinformation. What happened to you?

So which of these items are you claiming is misinformation. Point out which facts are wrong. Did sales not soar for Milo's book? Is "Refuse Facism" not backed by the The Alliance for Global Justice? Is breaking windows and suppressing free speech to prevent a gay jew from speaking not ironic?

 

[Cuddles]

So which of these items are you claiming is misinformation. Point out which facts are wrong. Did sales not soar for Milo's book? Is "Refuse Facism" not backed by the The Alliance for Global Justice? Is breaking windows and suppressing free speech to prevent a gay jew from speaking not ironic?

I'm calling Milo, just like anti-vaxxers/maskers peddlers of misinformation. You defended one against the cancellers while advocating the cancellation of others.