Let’s be optimistic

Come off it MaisieD it’s happening all around us. Lectures cancelled, statues toppled, names of schools and streets etc changed, books cancelled, authors cancelled, Sports people such as Ollie Robinson suspended from cricket for tweets he made as a kid, people losing their jobs fo daring to express their private views. The list goes on and on. As Rowan Atkinson says it is like a “medieval mob looking for someone to burn”.

No one who is woke can take woke seriously any more. It has become absurd in picking up on any tiny little thing and trying to brand it as racist, transphobic etc. when it isn’t. But if you argue against it you are racist, transphobic etc because they have no logical arguments. Reductio absurdem.

growstuff

25Avalon

By cancelling everything they don’t agree with. And if you don’t agree you are branded racist. No rationale at all.

But that's a gross exaggeration of what's happening anywhere.

I'm trying to find out what has been 'cancelled', but Avalon won't tell me ?

I'm also puzzled as to where racism fits in...

For research purposes I'm going to watch it again this weekend.
And I will do my very best to be as impartial as I can

25Avalon

And it’s the obsessed snowflakes who are divisive.

And people claim they don't realise that the flames of culture wars are being fanned. Seriously!

25Avalon

By cancelling everything they don’t agree with. And if you don’t agree you are branded racist. No rationale at all.

But that's a gross exaggeration of what's happening anywhere.

Corisanda

I pretty much gave up watching the news because of the obvious bias and am enjoying GB News. As for the list of companies who have decided to withdraw advertising, I shall reciprocate and won't spend my money on any of their products.

Presumably because the bias is in line with your own thinking.

Chestnut

There is another thread on using the term birthing people which is exactly the sort of thing which might be discussed on Woke Watch!

... if people have time on their hands and want to get het up about something. Maybe they should just buy a punch bag.

There is another thread on using the term birthing people which is exactly the sort of thing which might be discussed on Woke Watch!

Corisanda - read my earlier post with a reply from Octopus. I think these companies are just being cautious because this is a new and unknown channel and they intend to wait and see before advertising.

Lucca

Corisanda

I pretty much gave up watching the news because of the obvious bias and am enjoying GB News. As for the list of companies who have decided to withdraw advertising, I shall reciprocate and won't spend my money on any of their products.

That’s fine, it’s your right and I sure they’ll be very sad to lose your custom.

I 'm sure they won't miss my custom at all but they may not be quite so happy if enough people stop buying their products. I know at least a couple of other people who will be doing the same.

25Avalon

I think MaisieD you are being disingenuous.

Maybe. But I genuinely would like to know what 'woke' people have cancelled. How can you state that they cancel things and not be able to give any examples?

Corisanda

I pretty much gave up watching the news because of the obvious bias and am enjoying GB News. As for the list of companies who have decided to withdraw advertising, I shall reciprocate and won't spend my money on any of their products.

That’s fine, it’s your right and I sure they’ll be very sad to lose your custom.

I pretty much gave up watching the news because of the obvious bias and am enjoying GB News. As for the list of companies who have decided to withdraw advertising, I shall reciprocate and won't spend my money on any of their products.

I think MaisieD you are being disingenuous.

Lectures for students for one.

Fanny the word ‘if’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that quote

25Avalon

By cancelling everything they don’t agree with. And if you don’t agree you are branded racist. No rationale at all.

What have they cancelled so far?

I think that the operative word there is if
I rather think that that quote may have been taken out of context

Quote from The Independent “ if GB News manages to establish a reputation for fair-minded, centre right reportage and that pulls in prosperous viewers, then they will be an attractive market that advertisers can’t ignore”. Quite so.

MerylStreep

It was good to see Yasmin Alibhai- Brown adding to the conversation in the studio.

That does indeed sound promising

Maggi Oliver on now.

By cancelling everything they don’t agree with. And if you don’t agree you are branded racist. No rationale at all.

It was good to see Yasmin Alibhai- Brown adding to the conversation in the studio.

25Avalon

And it’s the obsessed snowflakes who are divisive.

Who are they dividing and how are they doing it?

Cross posted with Maizie