I get what you're saying and maybe this particular article was a poor example. We, as a society, have seemingly lost the ability to have discussions about differentiating ideas. Ideals are now tied to team politics and agendas and then are fueled by this raging desire to silence it when it doesn't align with rager's views. Maybe this is actually a good thing...the longer this goes on people will refrain from expressing what's on their mind for fear of retribution. Then we can get back to simply sharing pictures of food and family photos for grandma back home.
Who am I cancelling? I'm commenting on a type of action, not a particular person. You expressing your opinion here has zero impact on anyone's personal life or livelihood... nor does mine, Bel's or anyone else.
I'm simply expressing my personal opinion (
on a forum that literally functions on the daily exchange of anonymous opinions) that it doesn't do society much good to generate so much public vitriol that a person's livelihood is impacted for no more reason than you disagree with said person's opinion...and I don't care who's doing it; Democrats, Republicans, Independents, etc.
Let's take these comments by Mark Ruffalo as an example:
Sorry, until George W. Bush is brought to justice for the crimes of the Iraq War, (including American-lead torture, Iraqi deaths & displacement, and the deep scars—emotional & otherwise—inflicted on our military that served his folly), we can’t even begin to talk about kindness.
What happens if I were to read this and take to twitter stating this is disrespectful to the former president and he [Mark] should be removed from the Marvel Universe and then other's retweet my post and over the course of the week my tweet grows to thousands upon thousands and eventually Marvel studios caves to the twitter "heat" and cuts ties with Mark. Is that a good thing or bad thing?
Is it Mark's fault for expressing his opinion publicly? Is it Marvel's fault for taking action based on Social Media? Is it just business and Mark will be fine seeking work elsewhere? What are your thoughts on social media campaigns that are simply based on a difference of opinion (
we're not talking viral videos of some racist rant, police brutality, a crime, etc.) and the outcome is a person's livelihood and/or personal life is negatively impacted.
Personally, I couldn't care less what Mark's opinion is on G.W., he makes for a fine Hulk and I'll continue to watch him on screen.