#cancel culture

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Rowaida Abdelaziz at HuffPost:

Earlier this month, the University of Southern California announced that Asna Tabassum would be the Class of 2024′s valedictorian, with a 3.98 GPA and in recognition of her community service and leadership skills. She is graduating with a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in resistance to genocide.

But on Monday, USC canceled the speech. In an announcement dated Monday, Provost Andrew Guzman said the “intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East” has “created substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement.” “After careful consideration, we have decided that our student valedictorian will not deliver a speech at commencement. While this is disappointing, tradition must give way to safety,” he wrote. “This decision has nothing to do with freedom of speech. There is no free-speech entitlement to speak at a commencement. The issue here is how best to maintain campus security and safety, period.” The school did not elaborate further. Reached for comment, the provost’s office directed HuffPost to Guzman’s statement.

Tabassum, in an interview with HuffPost, questioned the university’s reasoning and told HuffPost she felt disappointed and let down by USC. “I am surprised that my own university – my home for four years – has abandoned me,” she said. In a statement published on Monday, Tabassum said that she was not aware of any specific threats against her or the university, and that during a meeting last Sunday, administrators told her that “the University had the resources to take appropriate safety measures for my valedictory speech, but that they would not be doing so since increased security protections is not what the University wants to ’present as an image.’” “Security and safety is also my concern. That’s consistent with my commitment to human equality and human rights. I don’t think that they’re mutually exclusive at all,” Tabassum told HuffPost. She noted that notable figures including former President Barack Obama, rap star Travis Scott and right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos have all been able to visit campus grounds. [...]

A slew of universities have struggled to address students’ protests of the bombing campaign by Israeli forces in Gaza that has killed more than 33,000. In the last few months, schools have dealt with rising cases of antisemitism and Islamophobia, the deactivation of student-activist groups, suspension of staff, cases of doxxing and harassment and even reports of physical violence. This week, Columbia University’s president is set to testify at a congressional hearing about campus safety, four months after a similar hearing resulted in the resignation of two Ivy League presidents. And the Department of Education launched a series of investigations last November into several universities where students have reported antisemitic or Islamophobic incidents. Tabassum said she was denied a chance to let others see someone like her give a high-profile speech ― a South Asian hijab-wearing Muslim, someone “representative of communities and of the masses of people who never saw the institution made for them,” she told HuffPost. “I wanted to offer the hope that ... we can succeed [at] institutions like USC.”

[...] According to USC’s Annenberg Media, some students and alumni said Tabassum’s social media activity ― which includes a link to a pro-Palestinian page ― was antisemitic. Guzman, however, wrote that this decision was made “based on various criteria ― which did not include social media presence.” Since the university’s decision, Tabassum said she’s been overwhelmed by messages of both support and hate. People from her elementary school who she hasn’t spoken to in a decade reached out. Others have taken to Instagram to speculate about her ethnic background and her political views, and to applauded the university’s decision to revoke her invitation.

The USC's asinine decision rescinding Valedictorian Asna Tabassum's chance to make a speech is craven cowardice to Islamophobia and Israel Apartheid apologia all because of her support for Palestine.

See Also:

The Guardian: Backlash as USC cancels valedictorian’s speech over support for Palestine

#USC #University of Southern California #Asna Tabassum #Palestine #Islamophobia #Israel/Hamas War #Ceasefire NOW Protests #Israel/Hamas War Protests #Israel Apartheid #Cancel Culture

[crazycatsiren]

Just a quick not friendly reminder: someone who has apologized for past mistakes, made amends for past actions, and clearly no longer holds past beliefs, is a far better person than one who digs up old dirt and uses a person's past that no longer exists against them.

#mother witch ramblings #witchblr #paganblr #social media #cancel culture #maturity #growth

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Unseen clip from The Assembly ❤

Q: What do you think of cancel culture?

Michael: How do I feel about cancel culture? Mm, when I was growing up if there's something different about you I remember hearing people say things on television or in life that was really, um, horrible about other people and it seemed like that was okay, so people being made to feel like that's not okay I think is a good thing for us, but then on the other hand using the idea of of cancel culture or whatever to stop people from being able to say what they feel and believe you know I think we have to be careful about that, we have to be able to talk about things and have free discussion and have opposing points of view and not feel like we're scared to say what we believe, but also, you know, if you believe certain kinds of things that are quite extreme you know, if you say I think you know people who are who have blue hair have to be sent out to the country well you have to be prepared for people with blue hair to come back at you and say, 'Well that's nonsense.'

#michael sheen #the assembly #michael interview #interview #videos #transcripts #cancel culture

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Community Notes to the rescue.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

#Colin Wright #George Orwell #Orwellian #cancel culture #Nineteen Eighty Four #Community Notes #religion is a mental illness

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#woke #progressive #liberal #Democrat #never trump #republican assholes #traitor trump #crooked donald #corporate greed #cancel culture #stop voting for fucking republicans #republicans are bigots #republicans are racists

[funcionoacafe]

Cunk on Earth S01Ep02

#cunk on earth #tv show #jesus #religion #cancel culture

[zynart]

posts & essays

· there are things we owe to each other (and calling selfishness “self-care” is a bullshit excuse)

· humanity is worth loving, humans are worth saving

· “book lovers” don’t love anything about books and it shows (or, defending classic novels) (or, call me anti-booktok anti-booktwt)

· ok, fine, my social justice politics feel a bit like religion sometimes and that’s ok

· i trained a neural net on 10,000 irony-poisoned tweets and it just gave me cringe?

· what makes someone good, bad, cancelled, or redeemed? i don’t know either!

· there’s no grand unified theory of morality that can tell me why i should forgive my mother. but i do

· please tell me if you have a definitive answer on what makes someone a bad person

· what makes it all worth it for you? (or: florence welch was right)

· stop complaining about SJWs and try a little empathy

· we spent months locked down, how do we still have no sympathy for the incarcerated?

· how do i explain that determinism makes me so unhappy?

· i just want to become someone who can find something that gives me peace

· virtual night out: pov choose-your-own-adventure night out in cities around the world

· after the deluge (short story) (dispatch from an island state post climate apocalypse)

· poetry piece 1

#essays #writing #words #thoughts #some shit #social justice #fiction #literature #cancel culture #religion #faith #cringe #embrace cringe

[odinsblog]

And you know that there are many journalists who are very concerned about the pressure that's being applied about the sensitivities of this conflict.

And let's just be very clear here. We have the Israeli government, has a lot of supporters in Congress, has a lot of supporters in the media, has a lot of supporters in activist groups on K Street. There is a, quote unquote, pro-Israel lobby which does apply pressure on media organizations.

If you've worked like I have, both in American media and British media, you've seen the emails from honestreporting .com, and Kamera. And some of these groups your listeners may never have heard of. But I'll tell you what, every newsroom has heard of these groups; “Why is your headline this,” and “Why is your reporter showing bias?”And, “Why do they tweet this?” In this recent case, it's Louisa Lovelock, who is a British journalist at the Washington Post. It's a fantastic Middle East correspondence. Covered Syria, covered Iraq, covered Gaza, covered a bunch of things.

It's so absurd, the dossier they've produced against her. One of the things they go after is she took part in student protests at university in England against tuition fees. And..? A) that's a bad thing? B) that means she can't cover Israel's bombing of Gaza? It's so absurd. The stuff that they pull with me. Of course, I've had stuff going back 20 or 30 years that they've thrown at me. And it's a real problem where people get intimidated into not saying, not speaking what they want to speak about.

And we live in a world where the right is obsessed about cancel culture and free speech when, let's be very clear, the greatest victims of, quote unquote, cancel culture in this country have always been Palestinian activists, both on campus, in the media, and in politics.

I mean, let's just be clear, we have a Congress filled with white supremacists. We have a guy, I think, Andy Ogles from Tennessee, this week who was caught on tape saying, “Kill them all.” Alright? None of these guys get any attention. No votes of censure. Who is the only member of Congress who's been censured since October the 7th? The one Palestinian woman.

So let's just be very clear who the victims of, quote unquote, cancel culture and suppression and intimidation are. It tends to be people who speak out on behalf of Palestinians. And that's the case with reporters who aren't even taking positions. They're just reporting what they're seeing, and what they're seeing of course, is not favorable to the Israeli narrative, because what they're seeing is mass starvation. What they're seeing are mass killings. What they're seeing are kids being pulled out from the rubble. And, of course, that doesn't help the Israeli narratives.

—Mehdi Hasan, on ‘cancel culture’ and how journalists and reporters are attacked for simply reporting the truth about Gaza 🇵🇸

#politics #mehdi hasan #gaza #rafah #israel #hasbara #aipac #cancel culture #all eyes on rafah #ethnic cleansing #genocide #war crimes #accountability culture #media bias #media influence

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

the day you make peace with the fact that you don’t own your blorbo and there’re always going to be people who make theories / headcanons / analysis about them, or involve them in a ship, that you do not agree with, is the day you will truly enjoy being in a fandom.

no, you can’t make everybody agree with you. but you can curate your own fandom experiences by blocking / muting / not interacting with what you don’t want to see / what makes you uncomfortable / what triggers you / what you disagree with, instead of engaging in ‘calling out’ or ‘cancel culture’ — even if you believe their takes are ‘morally messed up’ — and, whether or not it’s your intention, taking part in furthering the toxicity in your own fandom.

no, people enjoying a piece of media however they want to enjoy isn’t what makes a fandom toxic. people who claim to have superior moral standards, who also attack and harass other people over a fictional movie or show or book, are what makes a fandom toxic.

#not whump #fandom #fandoms #blorbo #fandom police #shipping war #cancel culture #harringrove #steddie #billy hargrove #mileven #hellcheer #byler #henry creel #jamie campbell bower #vecna #villain #hannigram #joseph quinn #dacre montgomery #villain apologist #joker x harley #villains #loki #loki series #fanfiction #sylki #lokius #hannibal #villain police

[funshape]

CALLOUT POST FOR @planefood

‼️TW: MEANIEHEAD BEHAVIOR‼️

i hghave a cough and a stuffy nose and he said i deserve it :(

PROOF (UNDOCTERED EVIDENCE WARNING DISTURBING SHCOKING FUCKED UP CONTENT)

WHAT THE FUUUUUCK?????

WE GOTTA CANCEL THIS FREAKAZOID …. UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR MENACE TO SOCIETY LOCK HIM UP

and to Mr. Food…….snickers…. prepare for your carrers To Be Overed.

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#over #it’s over #done #career ended #career killed #callout #cancelled #cancel culture #my cough #freak alert #squidbob #patbob #baldis gate 3 #tending games #recipes #global warming #stop this now

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I fought the personification of cancel culture.

#dream #violence tw #violence cw #cancel culture #fighting

[crazycatsiren]

You owe no one forgiveness. But it's a shit thing to do to try to ruin someone's life with a mistake they made a long time ago when they've grown and changed.

#mother witch ramblings #nobody is perfect #growth #change #cancel culture #people can learn #we all make mistakes #we have all been all young and stupid

[purpleweredragon]

“I’m not entirely sure why we need an anti-woke comedy club. It seems like the biggest comedians around are also ‘anti-woke’, whatever that really means. Louis CK, a white man who repeatedly says the n-word on stage and who has been accused of multiple counts of sexual harassment, still tours. Dave Chapelle, for all the noise of transphobia whenever he performs, is one of Netflix’s biggest stars and has leaned harder into being anti-woke since his first controversy.

“...The answer, when the discriminatory nature of their act is laid bare, is always that it’s a comedian’s job to challenge things. But if you’re playing at a club where you know you’re preaching to the choir, you’re not challenging anything. If you’ll only tell jokes about trans people to a crowd that already hates them and with no ‘threat’ of being recorded, what do you believe you are challenging, and how? You’re preaching to an echo chamber when your humour and views never have an opportunity to be challenged in the first place, and if they ever are, you have the face of the person who did it on file, which feels like a threat in and of itself.”

#joe rogan #comedy #cancel culture #woke #anti-woke #bigotry

[madame-helen]

But when it's used against them they start to cry and tantrum XD

#meme #memes #shitpost #shitposting #humor #leftism #cancel culture #funny #funny memes #satire #irony

[unfvzed]

🩴

#beyonce #queen #she did that #renaissance #lyrics #music #cancel culture #literally gave ballroom #heated

[becomingvecna]

❝ When I was a child, I always had an image of the angry villagers in Frankenstein. I always used to think about society that way, as the angry village. You see it more and more. It’s a very, very strange human dynamic, a human trait that I don’t quite like or understand. ❞

— Tim Burton on cancel culture

#tim burton #johnny depp #he’s right and he should say it #cancel culture #quote #quotes #fandom #fandoms #frankenstein #goth #gothic #stan culture #dark academia #words #spilled words #spilled thoughts #beetlejuice #beetlejuice 2 #writer #prose #poem #poetry