Diarcesia wrote:Liriena wrote:So, again: "cancel culture" sucks? Yes... and?
Cancel culture sucks? Yes... and don't go out actively ruining the lives of people who run their mouths and outed themselves as bigots, today or years ago.
Calling them out by saying, "no... what you said isn't acceptable because no one deserves to be discriminated," should be enough.
It often isn't, though. It certainly wasn't enough in J.K. Rowling's case. She's already been told her TERFism wasn't acceptable multiple times, yet she keeps doubling down and peddling transphobic pseudo-science. So what can we do that actually keeps the people whose lives she is helping ruin safe? Hell, how do we even engage with her in a truly fair debate? Force her to hold a Twitter debate with another billionaire author?
We spend a lot of time defending bigots' right to debate their views, but a lot of the time bigots refuse to participate in fair, honest debates. Instead, they choose to use the platforms we as a society give them as unilateral megaphones with no way to immediately and effectively counteract them.