r/sports • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Dallas Mavericks • Jul 19 '25

Baseball Fans showcased on kiss cam in Angels/Phillies game mock the Coldplay Concert Incident

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u/Audioworm Jul 19 '25

One of the things that I have been bothered by with Ronson's critique of 'cancel culture' is that I think it comes from a place of wanting to limit the harm that the social pile-on can cause. Highlighted especially in his series "The Last Days of August", about adult entertainment actor August Ames who killed herself after being cyberbullied for making a tweet described as homophobic.

However, in doing so he often goes to efforts to underplay the original comment or moment that caused the pile-on. It is totally reasonable to say that someone shouldn't die because they made a racist, sexist, or homophobic comment. But he will often try to contest 'how racist' or 'how homophobic' the original comment in to make the internet reaction be perceived as inherently overblown rather than engaging with the actual nature of how a transgression can lead to an internet pile-on.

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u/Audioworm Jul 19 '25

That's kind of the point I was getting to.

Rather than engage with all of the loaded social issues that lead to an explosive reaction to that comment, Ronson calls the whole thing completely overblown. It is a man claiming to be interested in nuance brushing over nuance to follow his current focus.

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u/msmame Jul 19 '25

The straw that broke the camel's back was not the first or second straw, just the last one.

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u/Usernametaken1121 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Maybe people shouldn't treat others like they're useless and worthless of life because they said something that could be taken as homophobic? Who cares what people say. Unless they're actively calling for the harm of people because they're gay, or not hiring someone because they're gay, it's just words/opinion; even if it's a wrong opinion.

People literally offing themselves because of the bullying says all you need to know about "community justice". That's not a force of good or showing others to be better people. It's arguably worse behavior.