#canceling

[saywhat-politics]

‘Dictator’ Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections

The president said he risked being accused of being an autocrat if he suggested the Dems weren’t worth running against.

Donald Trump mused about canceling the 2026 midterms during his appearance before a room full of GOP lawmakers.

The president visited the Kennedy Center for the House Republican retreat, where he spoke about the looming election while also going off on a series of other topics.

[whatistheeverdict]

TLDR. canceling people is dumb, because all of you are seeing in black and white. "this person is abusive! this person is a proshipper!" okay but why. what was the intent? who was harmed? what steps were taken to recovery?

cancel culture is a parasite fueled by self righteous people who want to always be on the "right" side of morals, and by doing so villainize ALL nuanced communities.

each claim will be separated, and at the end i will provide additional context. i can and will elaborate on anything asked, please keep in mind i am autistic and may PHRASE things wrong. please do not assume the worst of me, just ask if you aren't sure.

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the entire concept of cancel culture has already hurt how entire groups of young people view mistakes and controversies online.

lets say your favorite TV show actor ends up being a pedophile. what action SHOULD be taken? : spread awareness, stop supporting them, show EXTRA support to the rest of the cast, reach out to people in power to get them removed. you should not, EVER, find it normal to doxx them, send death threats, harass the rest of the cast, or "cancel" the entire show.

the idea that now watching the ENTIRE show gets you canceled is very strange and authoritarian. "you watch this show, so you must support and agree with the bad cast!" or. shocking idea. they support the rest of the show. example: good omens. yes, the original author sucks. no, i think its VERYYYYYY weird and unusual to harass innocent people for the actions of one person..????

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lets say your favorite musical artist is canceled but they take steps to change. do they deserve forgiveness? well, it depends on a few things.

how severe was their crime?

who was hurt?

what have they done to improve?

for example, lets take three common examples i see online - proshipping, racism, and abuse.

proshipping: in severe cases can show uncomfortable or pedophilic ideals, doesnt hurt anyone, but needs clear signs of improvement and explaining. for example, somebody who drew proship art because they like little kids and somebody who drew it because they were groomed are NOT equal. if its for a reason which has deep psychological roots such as a desire to hurt children, they need to show severe and longlasting change.

regardless, if they have 1. good valid reason which shows no deep mental disturbance and 2. can prove recovery, they should be allowed to replatform.

racism: can range in severity from bigoted ideals to extreme harm, by principle is ALWAYS harmful to a minority group, and needs clear signs of improvement and explaining. people who have been silently/internally racist, verbally racist, and supported racist groups are NOT the same. as well, those who show racist ideals due to again, abuse, grooming, or upbringing and those who show racist ideals as educated adults with many available recourses are NOT the same. racism also has deep psychological roots in adults, but in teens, young adults, and kids may be learned.

regardless, if they can 1. show good VALID reason which shows no deep bigotry, real hatred, or mental disturbance and 2. can prove a change in ideals and recovery, they should be allowed to replatform. however, unlike the previous case, this crime DOES harm others, so they must also 3. find a way to fully amend for and ail harm caused, and 4. they are not required to be forgiven by any harmed group, and should be help with skepticism.

abuse cases: can range in severity very heavily and are NEVER black and white. ever. no exceptions. they are never black and white, get that through your skull first. that being said, they are extremely serious and vary from too many types to even define. they always harm at least one person, but every case is so different intent is hard to pin. what matters is again:

intent

who was harmed

severity

ability to change

for example, lets take somebody abusing their partner due to mental illness. their intent is bad, their partner was harmed, we can assume heavily, but ability to change is present. if its due to a mental illness they should NOT be forgiven for it, but should NOT be "canceled".

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here we reach the grey area most people forget: no situation is black and white. canceling people is black and white. this person does not need harassment and attack or deplatforming, however their actions cannot be ignored. so what do we do?

we should be normal goddamn people.

i think people forget the only options arent "good or bad". this person needs to be held accountable, but ALSO receive help. their victim needs to receive help. they need to handle it privately, offline. if they person returns, they need to show clear sign of unrefutably proven change, but just like the last two cases, nobody is inclined to forgive them. people do bad things for reasons other than bad intent, and people do good things for bad intent. if you see a controversy and assume this person is evil, YOU are in the wrong until more info is given.

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how should replatformed people be treated then?

people brought back online after controversy or harm should NOT be: attacked, harassed, treated as if they didnt change, or harmed.

they SHOULD be: treated with skepticism but basic human respect, held fully accountable for infractions, and small actions that lead to lack of recovery should be questioned and acknowleged.

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what makes somebody unreformable?

actions which show unprovable recovery, such as wishes to harm others, abuse with lack of intent or reason, or racism against logic cannot in any way be proven to be "recovered from", and therefore this person should be treated with incredible skeptically if not with the precedent they may not have changed. if they cannot prove recovery, they should not be assumed to be recovered.

actions which show mental depravity, such as rape, murder, and pedophilia cannot in any way be proven to be "recovered from", and therefor this person should be treated with incredible skeptically if not with the precedent they may not have changed. if they cannot prove recovery, they should not be assumed to be recovered.

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what about those who SUPPORT canceled people?

if the person supports the PERSON in question, they should be questioned for this decision, and treated with skeptically in extreme cases. they may be misinformed or be hopeful for recovery, but if the person is being socially convicted for a serious crime such as rape, their own ideals and beliefs should be of worry. as stated before though, its never under any circumstance okay to harass, attack, or harm anyone.

if the person supports the MEDIA related to the person in question, they should be questioned for this decision, and treated with skeptically in extreme cases, but generally it is much more passable. every single media according to cancel culture should be held at the paranoid reach of problematic, so it doesnt make sense to cancel a person for liking a media tied to a bad person. if theyre financially supporting a bad person they should of course be held to extreme questioning, but in general, it is in no way a show of personal ideals. they may not even know.

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TLDR. canceling people is dumb, because all of you are seeing in black and white. "this person is abusive! this person is a proshipper!" okay but why. what was the intent? who was harmed? what steps were taken to recovery?

cancel culture is a parasite fueled by self righteous people who want to always be on the "right" side of morals, and by doing so villainize ALL nuanced communities.

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[fakexface]

Hey, spoilers about BNHA Chapter 300 & beyond.

Y'all really gonna get up in arms about Dabi now? You realize that he's been like this the entire time, right? That the idealized fanon version of him was never like canon, right?

Touya Todoroki is not a good guy. He's not a vigilante like so many tried to write him out to be. He wants to kill his father and Shotō. He tried to kill Shotō when he was a baby.

He's not charming. He's not suave. He's not a secret hero. He was abused as a child and was given this wicked inferiority complex that screams Cain and Abel. He's never been your uwu edgy scawwy boyfwen.

He's getting some amazing character development right now. We're finally seeing how the Todoroki family fell apart- what caused Rei to become so traumatized, why Fuyumi and Natsuo turned away from becoming pro-heroes. We're seeing that Rei and Enji were on the same page in the beginning, and that Rei wanted more children. That Enji actually did care for Touya, but when Shotō was born- it all went down the drain. Hell, with each kid that was born after Touya, he grew more and more unhinged- because Enji had poured so much into him before backing away so suddenly.

Touya Todoroki is a tragic, flawed character. He is not good. He will not be good. He is unstable in every meaning of the word. And to be able to write a character so deeply flawed and make people love him despite him being a villain is amazing.

But your fanon version is not canon. It will never be canon. And getting angry because canon is veering from your fanon version is both hilarious and sad. Horikoshi has had this planned out for so long. He doesn't care about your fanon.

This is just the Hawks situation all over again.

Fanon does not, and never will, equal canon.

[marmarbinx]

Something about social media but ESPECIALLY TUMBLR AND TWITTER that scares me is the attitude that nobody can change or genuinely apologize for stuff (“they’re just sorry they got caught” “they’re just manipulating us” etc) and having tiny things be equated to like. Actual crimes

Like why are we as a society at the point where a person is defined by shitty comments or misguided opinions that they have since grown from and not the rest of them as a person. Who does this even help??

Nobody is gonna try to be a better person if every time they try someone just brings up that YouTube comment or tweet they made one time as “proof” that they’re a horrible person that deserves to be dogpiled. Mobbing someone who said something offensive online when they were 13 doesn’t solve racism. Getting someone fired from their job because they had a bad take on Twitter doesn’t make that person understand why what they said was wrong. It doesn’t make the world a better place, it makes it a hostile one that actively discourages asking questions and learning from mistakes.

I think that some of y’all are just out for blood and wanna convince yourselves that your shadenfreude is justified. the target only “deserves it” so you don’t have to examine why you think it’s so fun to make someone suffer on a huge public scale for minor transgressions. Participating in online mobs may not feel cruel because you’re only leaving one comment but your comment is one in thousands telling someone they deserve to die and can never be redeemed for a bad choice (WHICH 90% OF THE TIME IS NOT EVEN SERIOUS) they made in the past.

And if anyone replies to this with some bullshit like “I bet he’s just mad because he’s secretly a Bad Person who doesn’t want to face consequences” this post is about you and you have missed the point. You are not saving the world by telling random people to off themselves and doxxing teenagers because they aren’t as educated on certain issues as you. That is not activism. You are making things worse.