It’s a bit disingenuous to say that only one side is engaging in cancel culture when you look at the death threats that were hurled at Naughty Dog and the actress who plays Abby (not to mention any other movie or game that someone labels as “woke” at this point). We have entire threads around here where dudes need to see how someone looks before they can decide on what they think about a game. It’s the dumbest timeline imaginable.
I mean, sure. There are lunatics on both sides, which really says nothing for or against either side. People are so focused on the micro. If you take any hobby that involves people, over a long enough time frame, you're going to find murderers, thiefs and rapists among your peers. The people weaponizing these instances and trying to say it's a representation of the majority who engage in or think x or y are culpable for this issue.
Granted, I err to the side of "go grab your balls," to people in a billion dollar industry who feel threatened enough by Pu$$yRecker69 saying they're going to kill you on Twitter to have teary eyed interviews about it.
Like...these people would have physically wilted had they been exposed to the internet of 2000. I only feel threatened if it's coming from A. Someone who knows my name
B. Someone who knows my address
C. Someone who knows me in real life
Barring those three circumstances, I assume everything else is shitposting. I Can't scientifically verify my findings, but I definitely haven't been killed by an internet troll to date.
