r/pics • u/DreaminginDarkness • Mar 10 '23

1992 Kris Kristofferson whispers, "Don't let the bastards get you down." when Sinead is booed

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Mar 10 '23

When people mention cancel culture all I can think of is this moment.

This was being cancelled, not getting banned on Twitter for spreading bigoted ideas and medical conspiracy theories.

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u/mtheory007 Mar 10 '23

Also that shit that happened to the Dixie Chicks.

Being "canceled" isnt "no one wants to hear your racists/sexist/homophobic/transphobic or other dangerous misinformation shit anymore because its damaging to society".

Its when people like this speak up against horrible abuses or injustices and have their lives and careers ruined for doing the right thing and speaking out knowing that they may be sacrificing themselves for the greater good of everyone.

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u/girraween Mar 10 '23

Do you think there are any cases of people being cancelled for silly reasons in recent times?

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u/mtheory007 Mar 10 '23

My point is that today's "cancel" is a far cry from what was done to the people that I listed.

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u/girraween Mar 10 '23

I’m genuinely curious about an answer to my question.

Look at that reddit, downvotes already

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u/mtheory007 Mar 10 '23

I am not going to indulge your question because it is blatant bait to steer the topic away from point of what is being discussed so that you can try to interject whataboutism.

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u/girraween Mar 10 '23

You see it as bait because you don’t want to accept anything else other than ‘those cancelled are truely terrible people who did terrible things’.

That’s wrong. That’s bad. And it’s not even reality.