except the mirror is probably VIN coded to the car and cannot be changed- like my Volvo’s power steering pump

A long time ago (early 90's) I read an article about a car show where some ex-Jaguar employees were invited to be judges. None of the Jaguars got anything above the equivalent of a participation trophy. The judges/ex-employees argument was exactly that - the Jags hadn’t been restored, they had been remade. I’m…

Right. There is this thing in the classic car community about over-restoring.  A lot of these restorations make cars that are waaaay better than they ever came from the factory.  Cars came off the line with missing badges, overspray, orange peel, mis-aligned panels, etc.  I think that’s what’s driving the current…

This article blows. Seriously? Guy points out that it’s a with-or-against culture, doesn’t mention anybody, and you throw J.K. Rowling in, saying-not-saying that he probably-did-but-he-didn’t he was referring to that?

I feel like people are forgetting that the original “Cancel” thing, the deeply idiotic CancelColbert, was even dumber than #2. That wasn’t that long ago, but somehow in the span of just a few years simply questioning Cancel became a Cancelable offense.

It takes a bit of gymnastics to tie him to J. K. Rowling’s TERF war all to make his comments seem far more incendiary than they were, but it effectively proves his point. I’m wondering if this article isn’t dripping with sarcasm I’m not hearing, or was just an effort to make a bean joke that didn’t quite land.

I might be out of line here, but to simply note that sometimes it can get out of hand seems reasonable enough to say, right?

As we see in this article trying to be analytical about the phenomenon leads right to accusations of siding with specific cases. Just seems like such a minefield even if you give the “correct” answer.

Is Atkinson specifically talking about himself? No, he’s making a broad point about the dangers of the amplifying nature of social media and the ugly attempts to silence dissent. I admire the fact he is willing to accept the logical flack that his comments will elicit.

“Cancel culture” seems to consist of two things: 1) people legitimately pointing out messed up behaviour that’s been going on for years and 2) people gleefully piling onto people for small slights, often without considering the possibility of change and redemption.

Bryan Cranston, also gave his thoughts on Cancel Culture™ recently, and said things along the same lines. I might be out of line here, but to simply note that sometimes it can get out of hand seems reasonable enough to say, right?

AV Club tells me “cancel culture” is not real; ContraPoints, a transwoman who routinely produces pieces far more insightful than anything I’ve seen at AV Club (outside of an occasional Teti or O’Neal piece, when they were things), describes the phenomenon and her experience of it, at length.

It’s also in an interview so someone was actually asking him a question, it’s not John Cleese offering a bad take no one asked for on Twitter.

With the caveat that I have not read Mr. Beans’ statement in full, I have to say the parts quoted in this article sound like really good points. And then this article sounds like a perfect example of what he is talking about. Maybe the author of this article meant it to be like a meta ironic commentary? Like what bean…

Don’t forget the ones who neither know or care what is going on as long as they get that sweet outrage hit.  Getting those people to mindlessly scream into the void is the Twitter and Facebook business model.

Ten years ago, Indigenous Australian activist Larissa Behrendt made a joke about Aboriginal elder Bess Price’s approval about the Northern Territory National Emergency Response.

There's like a dozen cancel hashtags on Twitter at any given moment, but the AV Club still thinks "cancel culture" is a manufactured boogeyman of old white guys.

he joins a chorus of privileged public figures who have felt a need to speak out against this maligned “cancel culture”—which tends to actually consist of marginalized communities speaking out against sustained, systemic abuse

We lost a good one. You should check out his music. He had a truly unique soul inspired rap style. Not like the garbage you hear on the radio.

God damn... Just fuck you forever, 2020.