lacigreen's video: Cancel culture is real and it sucks a lib s take

5 reasons it's usually a nah for me ▸ SUMMER OF STREAM i’ll be live on youtube and twitch every thurs @ 4PM pacific/7PM eastern. schedule might change later Follow my twitch to get notified! twitch.tv/laci_green ▸ Listen to The Sex Ed Spiral on Indirect Message via podcasting apps or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/indirectmessage ▸ say hi http://www.lacigreen.tv http://www.twitter.com/gogreen18 http://www.facebook.com/officiallacigreen http://www.instagram.com/lacigreen ▸ summary In this video, Laci makes her case against cancel culture. She highlights 5 ways that cancel culture fails as a method of justice, or actively perpetuates injustices. ▸ chapters 00:00 Welcome Back! 00:34 Where most reasonable people agree 02:08 Problem 1: Consequences 05:50 Problem 2: Regular people 08:11 Problem 3: Corporate surveillance 09:00 Problem 4: Activist culture 10:21 Problem 5: Political culture ▸ stories: David Shor https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html Majdi Wadi https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/07/28/891829285/after-being-called-out-for-racism-what-comes-next Mimi Groves https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/opinions/nyt-groves-galligan-adults-failed-on-racism-heitner/index.html Emmanuel Cafferty https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2020/nov/25/cover-sdge-line-man-fired-white-power-sign/ Kimberly Diei https://www.thefire.org/cases/university-of-tennessee-health-sciences-center-student-investigated-and-punished-for-social-media-posts/ ▸ other cases to ponder: Teen Vogue editor forced to resign https://nypost.com/2021/03/18/teen-vogue-editor-resigns-amid-uproar-over-offensive-tweets-from-college/ BP employee fired for making fun of his bosses with Hitler scene from a movie (he won a $200k lawsuit) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/11/downfall-bp-worker-sacked-for-hitler-meme-wins-200000-in-compensation Claira Hanover lost Deloitte job for tiktok joke about “all lives matter” https://nypost.com/2020/07/01/harvard-grad-claira-janover-lost-deloitte-job-over-tiktok-stab-threat/ Nathan Robinson fired for a joke about military aid to Israel https://reason.com/2021/02/10/nathan-robinson-the-guardian-israel-tweet-joke-column/ Tow truck driver gets fired after being accused of denying service to Biden supporter — with no evidence: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/11/aaa-cuts-ties-with-oregon-tow-truck-driver-who-refused-to-help-biden-supporter.html Professor fired from University of Pittsburgh for a paper critical of affirmative action https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/healthcare-economics/cardiologist-sues-employer-punishment-affirmative-action Professor fired for speaking in Mandarin bc it sounds like a slur in English https://dailytrojan.com/2020/09/22/usc-professor-placed-on-leave-after-speaking-chinese-should-be-reinstated/ #:~:text=%E2%80%9CUSC%20professor%20no%20longer%20teaching,administration%20of%20his%20use%20of Educators demoted for refusing to do Wakanda salute https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/02/24/two-demoted-educators-sue-nyc-department-of-education-claim-pattern-of-discrimination-included-being-ordered-to-make-wakanda-forever-salute/ UTC Coach fired for mocking Stacey Abrams https://reclaimthenet.org/chris-malone-lawsuit/ College student forced off women’s soccer team for not taking a knee https://www.thefire.org/soccer-players-lawsuit-is-a-reminder-that-athletes-arent-obligated-to-take-a-political-stand-or-kneel-on-the-field/ Zoom blocks college events featuring controversial Palestinian activist Leila Khaled (she hijacked a plane) https://www.thefire.org/zoom-cancels-another-academic-event-with-leila-khaled-again-raising-questions-about-companys-role-in-the-classroom/ Syracuse Uni dismantles frat for private skit roasting a member for being racist https://www.thefire.org/cases/syracuse-university-students-threatened-with-expulsion-for-satirical-fraternity-roast/ Kieran Bhattacharya, a UVA med school student, suspended for asking to clarify the definition of microaggressions during a panel on the topic: https://reason.com/2021/04/07/microaggressions-uva-student-kieran-bhattacharya-threat/ 18k petition to fire Cambridge professor for tweeting ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’ (The school defended her.) https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/25/petition-white-lives-cambridge-university-priyamvada-gopal-professor/ 20+ health officials around the country have been fired, or left their jobs under great pressure, bc they're pro-mask or pro-lockdowns. https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2020/06/22/public-health-officials-facing-threats-and-political-pushback-during-pandemic-are-leaving-their-posts-nationwide/ ▸ Running catalogue of lawsuits here: https://www.thefire.org/category/newsdesk ▸ Orgs working on cancel culture overreach: The FIRE Org: thefire.org Heterodox Academy: https://heterodoxacademy.org/ Counterweight: https://counterweightsupport.com/