8 votes The other side of cancel culture Posted March 16, 2021 by DanBC Tags: julie burchill, cancel culture, united kingdom, islamophobia, the guardian, journalism, harassment, opinion, author.ash sarkar, source.the guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/16/julie-burchill-muslim-islamophobic Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Title Julie Burchill abused me for being Muslim - yet she was cast as the victim | Ash Sarkar Authors Ash Sarkar Published Mar 16 2021 Word count 829 words 2 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK Eylrid March 16, 2021 Link This is an example of how social media harassment mobs are wielded by people of all ideologies and positions, not just "woke cancel culture". This is an example of how social media harassment mobs are wielded by people of all ideologies and positions, not just "woke cancel culture". 5 votes DanBC (OP) March 16, 2021 (edited March 16, 2021) Link Burchill's apology is here: https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240?s=20 Rod Liddle, her friend, has previously asked if images of child sexual abuse should be illegal, and... Burchill's apology is here: https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240?s=20 Rod Liddle, her friend, has previously asked if images of child sexual abuse should be illegal, and said that he couldn't work as a teacher because he'd fuck the children. https://twitter.com/notCursedE/status/1371764110669545482?s=20 One of the interesting things here is that Burchill is apologising for "liking" some defamatory tweets. There's a few potential reasons for this: It points to the fact that Burchill holds these opinions, and that her writing was a pattern of behaviour and not a one off aberration. Likes are a form of communication. By liking these defamatory posts Burchill is communicating them to her followers.
Eylrid March 16, 2021 Link This is an example of how social media harassment mobs are wielded by people of all ideologies and positions, not just "woke cancel culture". This is an example of how social media harassment mobs are wielded by people of all ideologies and positions, not just "woke cancel culture". 5 votes
DanBC (OP) March 16, 2021 (edited March 16, 2021) Link Burchill's apology is here: https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240?s=20 Rod Liddle, her friend, has previously asked if images of child sexual abuse should be illegal, and... Burchill's apology is here: https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240?s=20 Rod Liddle, her friend, has previously asked if images of child sexual abuse should be illegal, and said that he couldn't work as a teacher because he'd fuck the children. https://twitter.com/notCursedE/status/1371764110669545482?s=20 One of the interesting things here is that Burchill is apologising for "liking" some defamatory tweets. There's a few potential reasons for this: It points to the fact that Burchill holds these opinions, and that her writing was a pattern of behaviour and not a one off aberration. Likes are a form of communication. By liking these defamatory posts Burchill is communicating them to her followers.
This is an example of how social media harassment mobs are wielded by people of all ideologies and positions, not just "woke cancel culture".
Burchill's apology is here: https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240?s=20
Rod Liddle, her friend, has previously asked if images of child sexual abuse should be illegal, and said that he couldn't work as a teacher because he'd fuck the children. https://twitter.com/notCursedE/status/1371764110669545482?s=20
One of the interesting things here is that Burchill is apologising for "liking" some defamatory tweets. There's a few potential reasons for this:
It points to the fact that Burchill holds these opinions, and that her writing was a pattern of behaviour and not a one off aberration.
Likes are a form of communication. By liking these defamatory posts Burchill is communicating them to her followers.