Posted by:
caffiend
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Date: May 28, 2020 02:37PM
Trust me, I know that from extensive personal experience.
LW, I stand by my post, above. Cancel culture has gotten to the point where a single mistake can destroy a life. Comparing Amy's moment of bad decision-making to a homicide is hyperbole. Nor was she putting Christian's life in danger--that's BLA propaganda. Cops deal with these usually minor matters all the time, and here, Jordan is right: they never make the news.
Please note, I abhor Amy C's conduct, especially her political and financial affiliations. She's everything that's wrong with the entitled elite.I confess to my own touch of schedenfreude.
It's the principle here, that one, maybe two, bad acts, ruin a person forever. The NYC incident could have gotten more dangerous, but at its end-point is was simply odious. An analogy:
Company X maintains a chemical plant, buying materials and produc8ing products. Some people don't like the idea of chemical plants at all. Some don't like in their back yards.
A mistake is made, and "X" releases toxins. They apologize, and work to clean it up. For the eco-radicals and the NIMBI's, that may not, ever, be good enough. Shut down "X" they insist, demanding an absolutist "justice" conforming to purists' criteria.
Should "X" be shut down? If there's been a pattern of toxic negligence, maybe so. Then, maybe not--there are other remedies such as increased regulatory oversight, fines, retraining, etc. The fact is: "X" and Amy C both have lives of value, and produce things of value. There are other, more commensurate remedies.
Now, to mix up my Queen of Hearts metaphor: We're further down the slippery slope than we realize, or want to admit, carting Amy C and her ilk around in media tumbrels. As the Terror waxed, mere hearsay was sufficient to get a person loaded into tumbrels--literally.