If it brings enough attention they will. There is a reason why companies have social media policies.
You are exaggerating. Not sure why you have to resort to insults now.
People who celebrate murder should be cancelled
This isn't about disagreeing though. I won't shun something simply because I might have a different opinion on something than its creator(s) either. I mean, I pretty much always assume that most western devs from big studios in liberal cities disagree with me on a lot of things but I think there are some things that are non-negotiable. To be a decent human being you have to draw the line somewhere when it comes to moral values. For me, if you publicly cheer/mock the assassination of somebody who's only crime is disagreeing with your (bad) opinions, I don't need to be supporting you or the company that continues to employ you after the fact. To cheer it means you support the assassin and support more assassinations and to me that makes you scum I could never support in any way.
This is my view on the whole thing I seperate the art from the artist and I don't care enough to keep track of everyone who works on the games I play and I care even less in keeping track with their opinions.
I wouldn't associate with somebody like that in real life, but I'm not going to participate in a boycott because of the dumb tweets of a handful of users on a social media platform. Sure, I firmly think Sony should fire the person involved, but I'm not going to hold a thousand plus people responsible for the actions of a few.
I get what you're saying.
I agree with the ethos 'separate the art from the artist' but also agree with you that it's ok to have a line somewhere.
Social media isn't even the problem, it's just simple-minded people who are the problem.
Absolutely no one should be cancelled. Should there be consequences for actions? Yes. Harsh consequences, in some cases. But cancelling someone for having a opinion that differs from mine? Cancelling someone for celebrating something that I - or the whole human race for that matter - defines as "bad" or "wrong"? Nope.
Not even a politician. Just a man that went around encouraging freedom of debate and expression.
You wouldn't be assuming who (and even applying the murderer status to a whole lot of folks) killed him without any evidence whatsoever now, would you? Why are college campuses any specific "turf" being pretty much anyone from any background can be a student (and later professor) >_>
Yeah it's crazy. A guy gets murdered in front of his wife and kids and you got people celebrating or saying "Yeah but the irony! Am I right guys?" like what the hell?
There is a difference between disagreeing with you and cheering on cold blooded murder. By the way if you held the same beliefs as him they want you dead aswell btw, that's not just "disagreeing".
He did say Americans should accept a few deaths a year in favor of the 2nd amendment.
You would fight for the right for people to celebrate political violence towards you?
You do know cancelled doesn't refer to killing, right? Outside of the beginning of your post, you are completely agreeing with cancelling. By cancelling they are saying the repercussions should be no longer purchasing their products, thus avoiding them like you said.
We would see a different reaction from the corps and all would have been sacked instantly, had the person killed not be white or a Christian.
You might be right but Social Media has given them access to a place where they find other people of the same degree which encouraged them to double down on their behavior or opinions no matter how bad or dangerous that way of thinking can be.
It would be already reprehensible if they were cheering/mocking his accidental death but the fact that they cheer/mock his assassination is on a completely different level of evil, one there can be no moral recovery from whatsoever.
I've explained this at length. I firmly believe in separating art from the artist and I don't hold the majority responsible for the actions or thoughts of a few. I also want this person to face actions for this stupid social media post.
Yes this shouldn't be normalized.
Exactly, on platforms with millions of users the only way to get 'noticed' is to be more extreme. Either in opinion, or those stupid life/food hack video's
What's the whole quote? Full context, not just a snippet that played on its own sounds terrible. I bet it's not as simple as you say.
