You're obviously referring to cancel culture

Is it possible to think some of the things that Gruden said are bad and that he should probably be fired, but, in the grand scheme of things, the majority of folks that are truly upset and bothered by all of his emails are upset because they are conditioned to be upset over controversial cancel culture related happenings? I feel like media, especially sports media, is just going through the motions because they feel like they HAVE to go through them. I know some at ESPN (Bomani, Stephan A) and the Athletic (Jamele) are eating this up... but does the casual sports viewer doesn't actually care?

Maybe that is my WASPY persona shining through because ive never truly been discriminated against. I have a gay friend (no, not you FBCoachSC®) and I have wanted to ask him his true thoughts on it all, but I don't want to offend him by posing this question to him. Maybe in the back of my head I am worried that it would come across as an ignorant question? did I just answer my own question?

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Oct 12, 2021, 11:56 AM

I do think cancel culture has gotten a little too powerful, and while I don't think people should lose their jobs over a slip of the tongue or a single mistake, but it doesn't look good when it's been years.

People love to bash cancel culture, and it deserves a little bashing, but at the same time, look at what it has done. It's no longer acceptable to bash people that are different simply because they're different. Is that a bad thing? It used to be acceptable to hang black people in the town square without a trial, but society advanced past that. Nobody, perhaps except for the Klan members that still meet today on the dark web and hidden in basements because they're scared to do it in the open, thinks that was a bad societal change. In Germany, blonde, blue-eyed kids used to be encouraged to abuse Jewish kids. That progressed to mass murder and violent border expansion, and a world war and tens of millions of troops put a stop to it. It's no longer acceptable to do that because society evolved past it. Nobody but Neo-Nazis thinks that's bad. You get the point.

Cancel culture has made it to where you can't discriminate against LGBTQ, black people, Asian people, or anyone else without fear of reprisal. Is that a bad societal change? In some cases, where the punishment doesn't fit the crime, but Jon Gruden is clearly a deeply bigoted individual who was in a position to lead a team followed by millions, and I don't mind him being canceled for that.

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I have a friend (a Clemson classmate)...

He should get a lawyer... and a nice severance package.***

He has retained counsel...

Seems extreme IMO _ even for public sector.***

You're obviously referring to cancel culture

Link to "deeply bigoted" posts if you can... Thanks.***

Re: Link to "deeply bigoted" posts if you can... Thanks.***

Same here...***

IMO Cancel Culture is inherently a flawed concept

It's a live by the sword, die by the sword thing. Yes.***

I just keep waiting on

I don't know anyone who is upset by it...

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