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The whole "they deserved it" argument on this sub is way too simple
I keep seeing people post about a celebrity or brand and just say "well they did X so they deserved to get canceled." But I think most of you are skipping the REAL question. Last month a pretty big YouTuber got dropped by all their sponsors after someone dug up a tweet from 2015. Yeah the tweet was bad, no argument there. But here's what gets me: the same people cheering that cancellation are still watching other creators who said WORSE stuff last week. My buddy screenshotted one guy commenting "canceled forever" on that YouTuber's video then saw him liking a streamer who literally got caught cheating on his wife. It's like people pick and choose based on who they already hate instead of having any consistent rule. So my question is: should cancellation be based on the act itself or on the person's current behavior and growth? Has anyone else noticed this double standard?
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tarabell22d ago
Nah you're 100% right, I saw this exact thing play out with that gaming drama last fall. This one streamer got ratioed into oblivion for a joke he made in 2016 but the same people went right back to watching a guy who literally admitted to scamming his fans for months. There's no consistency, it's just whoever's trending to hate that week.
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michaeld4822d ago
Trending to hate that week" nails it, mob justice is just recycled entertainment now.
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vera_robinson3622d ago
Oh man, 2016 jokes got my cousin in trouble too, he posted something dumb on Twitter and three years later someone screen capped it and he lost his job at a small bakery in Portland. It's weird, people just pick a target and run with it, no thought to whether it makes sense or if they were laughing at the same stuff back then. I remember my neighbor got cancelled for a bad joke too and then a week later everyone was watching that same controversial creator like nothing happened. Makes you wonder if anyone actually cares or if it's just a game of who gets picked next.
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