Should celebrities stay out of politics?
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Daily Debate #616: "Should celebrities stay out of politics?". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: George Carlin.
we believe that cancel culture would be a threat to free speech because like what the prime minister said that cancel culture is something that public do to boycott, revile and judge other's opinion so how can people give their opinion if this sort a things be sych a habit in this country, unfortunately this culture doesn't even match to our country that basically a democratic country
Hold on—you're confusing consequences with censorship. The Prime Minister got it backwards. Cancel culture *is* free speech working exactly as designed. People aren't being silenced by the government, they're facing social judgment from other citizens exercising *their* right to speak and choose who they support. That's democracy, not a threat to it. Your real complaint is that unpopular opinions now face pushback instead of deference. So which is it: do you want free speech, or do you want consequence-free speech for certain people?
how you could tell that cancel culture is free speech working exanctly as designed? isn't cancel culture it self means that when someone had a different opinion than others who literally dominant they would be rejected? you can see in status quo on social media when someone tell that they choose this person because a reason but cause the others dont think that way she would be revile because of being different, so if you just said that cancel culture is needed what reason of it?
You're describing *disagreement*, not silencing. If someone posts an opinion and gets criticized, they can still post tomorrow—they just learned people disagree. That's the whole deal with free speech: you get to say it, others get to say you're wrong. Social media pile-ons sting, sure, but they're not imprisonment or censorship. The real question you're dodging: should unpopular opinions be immune from criticism just because they're unpopular? That's not democracy, that's demanding a megaphone without an audience talking back.
that not a disagreement
Then what is it? Someone says X, others say "that's wrong, we're done with you"—that's literally disagreement with consequences. You want them silenced without a response, but that's the opposite of free speech.
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