I was thinking about that this morning in the case of Kanye. Sure, it's not as if it's just Jewish people that are taking him down. Or even primarily Jews. We live in a society! When it comes to cancelling wrong-thinkers, we're all in this together. It doesn't exactly "prove him right". However that is a rationalization, and ignores decades of soft power and influence.
I generally treat everyone as individuals and want everyone to get along. I don't care much for "attacking identity groups as inferior or conspiring" (say, like women), least of which because it's not tactically smart. Especially if you live in a mixed-race nation and other groups can be potential allies. But let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
anti-semitism is generally frowned upon
Why? Was that always the case? What changed in Western culture to make it so? Is there something special about anti-semitism vs. other racial discrimination? (Did he engage in racial discrimination?) I'm interested in the greater societal reasons, but also in your personal opinion. Would you "cancel" or distance yourself from Kyrie if you were in the position to do so?
I'm not even sure it's true that the brand is "toxic to normies", especially with Kyrie. Most people wouldn't have cared. Except that "normies" are basically empty vessels that parrot what influencers tell them is important. There were way too many twitter replies about that guy that were indistinguishable from bots, yet I can't conclude they are all bots because that's how people in the collective actually speak. It becomes difficult to see or criticize them as individuals.
I was thinking about that this morning in the case of Kanye. Sure, it's not as if it's just Jewish people that are taking him down. Or even primarily Jews. We live in a society! When it comes to cancelling wrong-thinkers, we're all in this together. It doesn't exactly "prove him right". However that is a rationalization, and ignores decades of soft power and influence.
I generally treat everyone as individuals and want everyone to get along. I don't care much for "attacking identity groups as inferior or conspiring" (say, like women), least of which because it's not tactically smart. Especially if you live in a mixed-race nation and other groups can be potential allies. But let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
anti-semitism is generally frowned upon
Why? Was that always the case? What changed in Western culture to make it so? Is there something special about anti-semitism vs. other racial discrimination? (Did he engage in racial discrimination?) I'm interested in the greater societal reasons, but also in your personal opinion. Would you "cancel" or distance yourself from Kyrie if you were in the position to do so?
I'm not even sure it's true that the brand is "toxic to normies", especially with Kyrie. Most people wouldn't have cared. Except that "normies" are basically empty vessels that parrot what influencers tell them is important. There were way too many replies on the twitter threads about that guy that are indistinguishable from bots, yet I can't conclude they are all bots because that's how people in the collective actually speak.
I was thinking about that this morning in the case of Kanye. Sure, it's not as if it's just Jewish people that are taking him down. Or even primarily Jews. We live in a society! When it comes to cancelling wrong-thinkers, we're all in this together. It doesn't exactly "prove him right". However that is a rationalization, and ignores decades of soft power and influence.
I generally treat everyone as individuals and want everyone to get along. I don't care much for "attacking identity groups as inferior or conspiring" (say, like women), least of which because it's not tactically smart. Especially if you live in a mixed-race nation and other groups can be potential allies. But let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
anti-semitism is generally frowned upon
Why? Was that always the case? What changed in Western culture to make it so? Is there something special about anti-semitism vs. other racial discrimination? (Did he engage in racial discrimination?) I'm interested in the greater societal reasons, but also in your personal opinion. Would you "cancel" or distance yourself from Kyrie if you were in the position to do so?