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Frisco Morse
24 October 2022 - 21:11 PM
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Brand new to the thread. The debate was appreciated but failed, I think, to address whether or something like book banning because it wa a written in a time with…
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Clary Ramos
22 September 2022 - 02:33 AM
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testing this section for now
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Stimub Lu
1 September 2022 - 06:15 AM
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The moderator certainly dropped the ball there. "Come on is it really happening" is a line not befitting the standard of this platform and should be immediately struck down and…
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Tyler Rasmussen
22 August 2022 - 05:17 AM
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I feel like this debate misses much of the things lumped into "cancel culture". Like there's a difference between regular people using their voice and money (especially in a day…
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Michael Hutchins
21 August 2022 - 20:36 PM
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What is really at stake in so-called "cancel culture" is the enforcement of social norms by means of social consequences for bad behavior. That isn't toxic, it is healthy. What…
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Marc Ginsburg
20 August 2022 - 23:07 PM
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Cancel culture is not only toxic it is extremely frightening. It reduces people to words pulled out of context (already a problem due to the plethora of textualists) and banning…
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davidgvallance@gmail.com
19 August 2022 - 18:37 PM
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I found the Against side immensely frustrating. When Kmele Foster cited survey data showing the diversity of people who are concerned about cancel culture, Karen Attiah dismissed it out of…
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Stimub Lu
17 July 2022 - 16:28 PM
Two against the motion failed to put up new ideas against the challenges. Keep asserting the same idea with similar arguments is a waste of life. I come wanting to…
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Muhammad Imran
8 February 2022 - 15:22 PM
testing this text area for now.
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Muhammad Imran
8 February 2022 - 15:22 PM
testing this text area for now.
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James Mason
6 February 2022 - 21:14 PM
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Oooh.. I really wish they would've engaged that question. It's a good one! I thought it was an alright debate but it was hindered by the motion itself... it became…
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James Mason
6 February 2022 - 21:11 PM
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Undecided to undecided. I found myself confused so often. I kept hearing arguments from each side that seemed to support the opponents side. I think it became clear that _some_…
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David Dickinson
12 December 2021 - 01:23 AM
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Whose responsibility was it to provide a more concrete foundation for the debate? It's the For side that's complaining.
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David Dickinson
12 December 2021 - 01:22 AM
What caused that chilling effect? Did anyone re-evaluate their positions and change their minds? Or are some people merely afraid to express their views, knowing that their community might criticize…
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David Dickinson
12 December 2021 - 01:18 AM
I support the Against proposition. My feelings weren't hurt.
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David Dickinson
12 December 2021 - 01:14 AM
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The For side never defined what they mean by "cancel culture". Even though the words are used very differently than when first used to support marginalized communities, all we really…
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poopy pants
6 December 2021 - 16:38 PM
up your butt #gangsta
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poopy pants
6 December 2021 - 16:37 PM
i have pooped my pants #gangsta
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poopy pants
6 December 2021 - 16:36 PM
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poopy pants
6 December 2021 - 16:36 PM
im so gangsta #gangsta
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Doug Urbanus
20 November 2021 - 23:39 PM
This was not a good debate at all. My experience is that cancel culture is centered in colleges and manifests where professors dare not cross a left liberal barrier without…
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Timothy High
19 November 2021 - 21:43 PM
That's a pretty interesting conundrum there. I can't tell if either of you are for or against the motion. Shunning is a form of expression whose goal is to silence…
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Timothy High
19 November 2021 - 21:37 PM
Yep, without an agreement on definitions, the debate gets stuck on platitudes. To me, the meatier debate would be to discuss the practice of publicly shaming individuals in order to…
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David Reber
19 November 2021 - 17:57 PM
Where are the debate results?
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Wes Underhill
17 November 2021 - 18:37 PM
Have we ever had more 'freedom of expression' than we do right now? To have freedom of expression, people have to be able to express dislike or disapproval.
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Wes Underhill
17 November 2021 - 18:28 PM
Love ya Gary Kasparov, but without consequences of our actions, we will quickly lose freedom of speech. Some of our greatest moments as a country was when people in our…
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Tyler Rasmussen
15 November 2021 - 15:52 PM
If the cancel culture police were so concerned with voices not being silenced, they would reinstate the rule that news outlets must report all sides of a story, giving equal…
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Andrew Davies
15 November 2021 - 14:28 PM
@feng, also I appreciate the comment about your upbringing in China. I think the 'Against' side referenced state-sponsored censorship as being different from a feeling of not wanting to offend…
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Andrew Davies
15 November 2021 - 14:26 PM
@Feng, thanks for that. What I meant was a definition with examples that clearly matched the definition. I took their declarations of 'shutting down debate' but didn't hear any examples…
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Feng Ouyang
15 November 2021 - 14:06 PM
They gave a definition in the second round (by Foster): speeches and actions aimed at stopping the other side from speaking. Also, as a person who grew up in China,…
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Feng Ouyang
15 November 2021 - 14:02 PM
This topic is emotionally charged, and the two sides are likely to talk past each other. The "for" side focuses on freedom of speech and a fearless public discourse. The…
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Lee Kasner
15 November 2021 - 13:33 PM
The For side talked about the silencing and chil.ling of speech. The Against side talked about raising up minority voices. I was disappointed that the moderator did not step in…
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darryl byram
13 November 2021 - 20:17 PM
Kmele clearly spoke of the chilling effect and cited polls to back it up. That's both a definition and an example.
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Andrew Davies
13 November 2021 - 17:35 PM
The "For" side gave no clear definition or examples of what they meant by 'cancel culture'. That and the fear-mongering about ending up like Soviet Russia lost it for me.
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Chris Wakefield
13 November 2021 - 06:05 AM
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Long time listener, new commenter. I felt compelled to write in about this debate because it was a topic I was excited to see happen. Unfortunately, all four debaters did…
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H T
13 November 2021 - 00:36 AM
So James, by your account, if by saying something a person is acting afoul of a generally established moral framework which isn't technically illegal, you think the laws should be…
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H T
13 November 2021 - 00:32 AM
A major point is that claims of silencing like those you mention here are greatly exaggerated. You can't claim to be silenced on your book tour and expect people to…
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Andrew Terhune
12 November 2021 - 20:39 PM
The failure in this debate was that the two sides didn't even agree on what "cancel culture" is. For a debate to be meaningful or even interesting, there must be…
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Kaiya Packman
12 November 2021 - 18:51 PM
Cancel culture is the online version of shunning. Freedom of expression is essential to the preservation of democracy and defeat of fascism.
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darryl byram
12 November 2021 - 18:17 PM
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In the summary for the "Against the Motion" side it says that cancel culture us a "way for the disenfranchised and marginalized to voice their discontents at the powerful in…
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Sam Harris
12 November 2021 - 18:12 PM
It seemed like they were arguing past each other on the main criticism of cancel culture. Namely that some people being cancelled are not actually being engaged and challenged on…
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James Arnold
12 November 2021 - 15:03 PM
If someone acts afoul of the law then it should be handled by the courts. If someone acts afoul of a generally established moral framework which isnt technically illegal, then…
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Adam Shepard
9 November 2021 - 21:25 PM
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A question for the "For" side...if cancel culture is toxic currently then what is your answer to what is to be done when someone acts afoul of the law or…
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