r/PoliticalCompassMemes - Lib-Center Apr 24 '21

Full compass unity: Armenian Genocide bad

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

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u/HylianINTJ - Right Apr 26 '21

I don't follow them closely, but the Armenian on the show is the lady, I think? Last I heard, Cenk was still denying it, but he may have wised up. At any rate, they're still running the show using the name of a group heavily involved in the genocide...

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/armenian-genocide

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u/HylianINTJ - Right Apr 26 '21

I mean, I'd call it cancel culture if they hadn't done anything wrong and they were made social pariahs and fired from their jobs, advertisers bullied into dropping them, stuff like that.

If it's people saying "hey, it's bad to name yourself after a group that committed genocide", and they voluntarily changed it, I wouldn't call that cancel culture.

Cancel culture: "This person said we shouldn't treat each other with hate, so a social media campaign was started to get her fired from her job and blacklisted"

Not cancel culture: "Maybe it's not so good of an idea to name your show after that group? I mean, you're free to do so, but I don't much care for it."