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We just asked forgiveness because our governments fired their gay employees on the spot in the 60s and 70s.

It's so frustrating when a cis white male pretends there are more risks associated with opinions these days. There aren't!




Yep, also there are still rules at many businesses and schools that specifically target black hairstyles as unfit to be in public settings.

We could just point out that they're not really concerned about people getting "cancelled" as much as who is doing the cancelling and who's getting cancelled. Somehow it was a good thing when governments and corporations were able to cancel people based on race, gender, vaccination status, and sexual orientation... but now that they're being cancelled on the basis of being racist, homophobic, misogynistic, and... well, at least vaccination statuses have remained consistent... suddenly there's a problem. Suddenly the all-knowing overlords of business that people trust with their retirement accounts and their political landscape are WRONG. LOL.

And usually the cancellation doesn't even have anything to do with a job. It's freaking social media for crying out loud.


Your comment would make sense if women, gays or black people would be immune from “cancellation”.




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