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In July, Disney fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. Cause for termination: a series of offensive tweets, in most cases about a decade old, that were circulated by a right-wing media personality. Gunn’s tweets, many of which were about molestation or pedophilia, were indefensible. But the method in which they were dug up, as well as the people who circulated them — bad-faith conspiracy theorists who used old jokes made in poor taste to brand Gunn as a pedophile — are part of a larger trend in which problematic or out-of-context tweets are being ripped from the past to ruin their author in the present.
Trial by online fire isn’t new. Milkshake Duck, a term coined by Twitter user @pixelatedboat in 2016, gave a name to a cultural internet phenomenon. It goes like this: someone gains online fame for something innocuous, only for it to come out shortly after that the person holds repugnant or problematic views. After a presidential election debate in 2016, for example, the internet became obsessed with a sweater-clad man named Ken Bone. His reign as a viral darling quickly came to an end after people discovered that his Reddit history included comments about stolen celebrity nudes and the “justified” killing of Trayvon Martin.
In 2018, however, the concept of Milkshake Ducking became far more convoluted. Now it’s not just about present problematic views, but holding people responsible for comments they’ve made previously, in some cases years ago. Call it Gunn’s Law: everyone has a past.
[...] Tweet deletion is no longer a matter of curation, but a necessity. Our lives are lived online more each year. We shouldn’t excuse people who spout racist, misogynist, damaging views online in present day. But as we confront our younger, more problematic past selves preserved online, the line between personal growth and punishment deserves breathing room. Until we can accept that, deleting tweets is all we have.
[This concept goes way back in time. Let the one among you who has no sin, cast the first stone. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Is it just that things are more visible, findable and more easily promulgated, now? --Ed.]
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @05:12AM (3 children)
Most people think faggots are disgusting, and there's nothing you can do about that, not now, not ever. Faggots are against the laws of nature. This is true because if the whole human race was faggots, the human race would CEASE TO EXIST.
If you're smart AND you have any instinct for self-preservation, you will avoid trying to force your weirdness on others. Instead, do what you like in privacy
and remember that no one HAS to accept your sick twisted preferences. The MAJORITY is fed up with being forced to tolerate things that make them want to
vomit, motherfucker, and the world doesn't owe YOU a goddamned thing.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday December 28 2018, @05:35AM (1 child)
Disagreed. Despite my comment above, homosexuality is well-documented in nature and as a libertarian, something I fully support. However, that does not mean that gay jokes should not exist, and in one of my favorite shows called Drawn Together there was a very good episode about Captain Hero and The Terminator both spouting gay jokes, or whatever, until they kissed each other at the end.
If you are slamming me about gay jokes, remember that everybody else also had their turn: Whites (disgusting cyclist douchebags who wear bumblebee spandex and disregard traffic laws), Mexicans (you know), Blacks (who loiter a lot), Asians (the men are mommas' boys and the women are even worse), Indians (funny from a distance, douchebags in the workplace), and sadomasochistic Slavs. Oh, yes, then there is the ultimate true stereotype: The Jews.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @05:18PM
The worst of the lot are the stupid people. And worst of the worst are stupid people that think they're smart.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by takyon on Friday December 28 2018, @01:34PM
The trend is for kids to support degeneracy™ more than their parents. Or at least be more tolerant of it. While that rate will never hit 100%, the opposition is fighting an unwinnable war unless shit hits the fan.
"Nature" doesn't require all members of the population to reproduce. In fact, Nature "expected" much of the population to die without passing on their genes. That doesn't happen as much anymore. Even people with severe disabilities or genetic disorders can live long enough to reproduce.
Gays and lesbians are just another portion of the population that probably won't reproduce. The proportion of gays and lesbians isn't going to hit 100%. And they can reproduce if they wanted to, by being bisexual, donating sperm, or acting as a surrogate.
Global population is on track to reach 10 billion, but it will probably end up even higher. While rich Westerners are having less kids, they also have access to unprecedented fertility techniques. In the coming decades, you will even see the "faggots" having their own genetic children together, or children being made from scratch with no biological parents.
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