@Blackwater_Park: “Just because conservatives have labeled this behavior with a word or phrase that they often use as a dog whistle does not mean it’s not also real.”
I couldn’t agree more. Good thing that’s not what I’m saying.
@Blackwater_Park: “Clearly it is, it’s a real phenomena we all have been watching unfold and catch fire over the past few years.”
Except that it is applied to all kinds of things that aren’t related and have different driving factors. It flattens power, and always comes down to the “well, I can’t define it, but this is a good example of it.”
@Blackwater_Park: “This is not exactly “corporate fighting””
Of course it is. Most or all of the liberals who are now appalled at Rogan only heard of Rogan because corporate media has told them about it. These monsters, who are merely propaganda arms of global capital, bring us war and destruction, clean the reputations of politicians, and are generally the most destructive corporations on the planet. It’s safe for them to try to squash JRE and non-traditional media, because it’s safe. JRE does pose a threat to their entire model of propaganda. They see the numbers, and there is no mystery here. Young people don’t watch the news and get their information in ways that these corporations are constantly trying to swallow up. Spotify absorbing JRE is itself an attempt to get a piece of the future.
@Blackwater_Park: ”“It’s not real””
Specific phenomenon and cases are very real. And these we can discuss with tools that apply to the job. We can be very specific about what we mean without the impotence of the broad brush. “Cancel culture” has no utility in conversation. None. It does not exist.