Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-10-07, 20:04:I disagree.
It is unfortunately a very real thing that has resulted in the modification and erasure of history.
Statues torn d […]
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ZellSF wrote on 2021-10-07, 17:10:
Not really. Cancel culture's the distraction, it's largely ineffective. It's what the governments wants you fight about while they censor things against their agenda. It's what the corporations want you to fight about while they buy laws to eradicate public domain.
But yes, donate to the Internet Archive if you can.
I disagree.
It is unfortunately a very real thing that has resulted in the modification and erasure of history.
Statues torn down, textbooks edited......tech demos removed and yes people's careers and livelihoods destroyed all in the name of "inlcusion" and "diversification and acceptance"
It is a cancer.
I think you are conflating some things here.
Do I think that NVIDIA went overboard with deleting those old tech demos, out of concern that they might objectify women, or reinforce certain beauty standards? Yes. Those things have historic value and were simply a reflection of the zeitgeist when those demos were created. And I for one am glad that the community preserved those demos.
But equating this with tearing down statues of people who fought for the privilege of owning other people as property, that's bullshit.
We're supposed to erect statues of people we want to use as role models, because they helped humanity forward in some way, through sacrifice or innovation.
Most Confederate monuments were created decades after the American Civil War ended, during the hight of the Jim Crow era, for no other reason than to send a message to black people: "know your place".
If you want to have a fair debate about "wokeness", you would be more effective in bringing your point across if you left things like this out of it.