Colorado radio host fired after wishing for a "nice school shooting" to interrupt impeachment coverage

[davide405]

@jacob_ewing

I’ve been seeing this again and again. Someone makes a mistake - or is simply accused of that mistake - and our society pounds them into the ground without having all of the relevant information and without trying to fully understand the circumstances.

Cancel Culture Isn't A Thing, You Snowflakes - Some More News

[ficuswhisperer]

@jacob_ewing

I’ve been seeing this again and again. Someone makes a mistake - or is simply accused of that mistake - and our society pounds them into the ground without having all of the relevant information and without trying to fully understand the circumstances.

This isn’t rumor or innuendo. Dude literally fucking said this stuff. Live on air. But I guess he’s being unfairly victimized for something he literally said. But hey, he was just joking, so all is cool right? Damn librul snowflakes!

[Tim_Carpenter]

@jacob_ewing

My concern lies solely with our culture’s recent tendency to take penalization for alleged actions into its own hands.

Recent? Ever heard of Emmette Till? We are clearly trending towards a more equitable and reasonable system of “societal justice”. As with almost every other social phenomenon, this is something which has always occurred, but we didn’t hear about it because we were not as interconnected. I think something new which you may be witnessing, due to that interconnectedness, is that a lot of privileged and powerful folks are finally being made to feel a form of mob justice that was once reserved mostly for the common man…non-whites, the poor and women. Johnny Depp is gonna be just fine. I’d save your concern for people with real problems.

[anon82991609]

@jacob_ewing

I also agree that some form of reprimand for making such a joke is appropriate.

Yes, and that reprimand had two appropriate components:

1. Termination of employment
2. Public scorn and ridicule

My concern lies solely with our culture’s recent tendency to take penalization for alleged actions into its own hands.

This fellow broadcast a stupid and grossly offensive remark, and failed to apologize. Now he’s been fired (#1) and is being publicly shamed (#2). Your concerns are noted, but I’m sure this fellow will survive.

I find myself getting more and more frustrated when I see some article trigger a demand for punishment that seems completely disproportionate to the circumstance.

The punishment here is completely proportionate to the circumstances that engendered it, and claiming otherwise is just silly.

[Brainspore]

@Tim_Carpenter

I think something new which you may be witnessing, due to that interconnectedness, is that a lot of privileged and powerful folks are finally being made to feel a form of mob justice that was once reserved mostly for the common man…non-whites, the poor and women.

And in this case “mob justice” was just a bunch of people on the internet saying “I’m glad that jerk got fired.” So not exactly on par with tar-and-feathering or burning at the stake.

[KathyPartdeux]