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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Those who cancel are considered "woke". Woke goes to FL to die.

    I wouldn't mind seeing both those terms- "woke" and "cancelled"- simply die and go away.  They have both been co-opted and re-co-opted and re-re-co-opted to the point of being meaningless. 
    And I'm not saying they should be banned or cancelled (lol), but at some point they become useless barbs rather than a reflection of studied and critical thinking.  "Politically Correct", for example, has pretty much died off because it has become cliched and useless.  All of these popular buzz words will have little or no meaning in the historical near future. 

    I'm also not saying a certain amount of colloquialism in language is a bad thing.  I can dig.  It's cool. Those are phrases that have stuck around and work well in certain circumstances.  But in general, I think it would be more useful to improving communication if being  articulate became more popular, attractive, and common.  Language is degrading to the point of becoming vague or even base.

    people (my wife) always get confused when I say "I'm down". they're like "soooo...does that mean you're in, or..not?". 

    it's short for "down with that" folks, which means you like it/are interested! come on! 

    The early 80's was when I first heard the phrase, "Get down!"  Someone said that to me very emphatically so I obliged and fell to the floor like one of those push button finger puppets- wham!-   right down on the ground. 
    Git down!
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  • static111
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    Gern Blansten said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    i heard yall are supposed to cancel lizzo now.
    I have to say that lizzo weight shaming people seems hypocritical
    That's not the worst of it if the allegations are true.   Funny how all this comes out after she doubles down on supporting the drag and LGBTQ communities though.
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  • mickeyrat
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    Lizzo says she's 'not the villain' after her former dancers claim sex harassment
    Today

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lizzo said Thursday that she's “not the villain” that three of her former backup dancers falsely accuse her of being in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

    The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court claims Lizzo pressured the dancers to engage with nude performers at a club in Amsterdam and shamed one of them for her weight gain before firing her.

    “I am not here to be looked at as a victim, but I also know that I am not the villain that people and the media have portrayed me to be these last few days,” Lizzo said in a statement posted on social media. “I am very open with my sexuality and expressing myself but I cannot accept or allow people to use that openness to make me out to be something I am not.”

    Plaintiffs Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez made numerous allegations including sexual, religious and racial harassment, disability discrimination, assault and false imprisonment. They accuse the Grammy winner and her production company of creating a hostile work environment.

    The legal complaint seeks unspecified damages from Melissa Viviane Jefferson, known professionally as Lizzo, her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc., and Shirlene Quigley, captain of the performer’s dance team.

    “These last few days have been gut wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing. My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned. My character has been criticized,” Lizzo said in the statement. “Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed.”

    She said the “sensationalized stories” were coming from former employees “who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”

    The court filing claims that after performing a concert in Amsterdam, Lizzo and her crew attended a sexually themed show at a club in the city’s notorious Red Light District where “Lizzo began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers” and led a chant pressuring Davis to touch the breasts of one of the nude women performing at the club.

    “Finally, the chorus became overwhelming, and a mortified Ms. Davis acquiesced in an attempt to bring an end to the chants,” the complaint states. “Plaintiffs were aghast with how little regard Lizzo showed for the bodily autonomy of her employees and those around her, especially in the presence of many people whom she employed.”

    Lizzo, who routinely champions body positivity, is also accused of calling out Davis for her weight gain after accusing the dancer of not being committed to her role. Davis was fired in May for recording a meeting during which Lizzo had given out notes to dancers about their performances, according to the complaint.

    “Sometimes I have to make hard decisions but it’s never my intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren’t valued as an important part of the team,” Lizzo said. “I’m hurt but I will not let the good work I’ve done in the world be overshadowed by this.”

    Quigley, who served as a judge on the singer’s reality show “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” is accused in the lawsuit of pushing her Christian beliefs onto dancers. The court filing claims Quigley referred to Davis as a “non-believer” and told co-workers that “No job and no one will stop me from talking about the Lord.”

    Earlier this year, Lizzo won the Grammy for record of the year for her hit single “About Damn Time.” A global tour supporting her fourth studio album, 2022’s “Special,” wrapped up last month.


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  • lindamarie73
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    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

  • The Juggler
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    edited August 2023
    lindamarie73 said:
    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

    Hi linda...what does this have to do with cancelling anyone? 

    Also, are you in full agreement now that Katie Ledecky is a female? Or are you still not quite sure?

    Thanks.
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    Go Beavers said:
    Merkin Baller said:

    & the Jason Aldean thing is a perfect example. 

    He hasn't been canceled, he just played Mansfield the other night. 
    To me that whole thing just seemed like the media trying to create a story that wasn’t even there. I think it shows the failure of how journalism has responded to the existence of social media. Now many of them will just drag twitter etc. to find a story they can inflate. The problem being that social media is rarely a reflection of real life and instead gives the impression that fringe is commonplace. 
    I have said this for awhile now.  Twitter is not how the world reacts no matter how many people you think retweet it as I a m pretty sure people have multiple troll accounts.

    Someone tweets and others pick it up as if it's actually a news worthy story or a possible new movement and it goes viral but nobody really gives a shit.

    Once corporate America figures it out then hopefully we won't get kneejerk reactions out of people.
  • tempo_n_groove
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    Gern Blansten said:
    Rickles wasn't straight up racist though...Roseanne was tweeting some racist shit that got CBS to dump her.

    She is an insane magat at this point.
    If I said anything like what he did in standups I'd be labeled a racist, lol.  "I make fun of the black people.  Without you we'd have no Olympics"

    I don't think I could pull that one off...
  • lindamarie73
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    The Juggler said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

    Hi linda...what does this have to do with cancelling anyone? 

    Also, are you in full agreement now that Katie Ledecky is a female? Or are you still not quite sure?

    Thanks.
    If you can’t put together what cancelling means in that situation then I can’t help you, or anyone else for that matter.
    Also, I apologized for spreading a falsehood in a earlier post.  Nice try thou, go juggle someone else’s balls 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    that 7/11 video is not what being cancelled means. obviously. 
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,370
    lindamarie73 said:
    The Juggler said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

    Hi linda...what does this have to do with cancelling anyone? 

    Also, are you in full agreement now that Katie Ledecky is a female? Or are you still not quite sure?

    Thanks.
    If you can’t put together what cancelling means in that situation then I can’t help you, or anyone else for that matter.
    Also, I apologized for spreading a falsehood in an earlier post.  Nice try thou, go juggle someone else’s balls 
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  • lindamarie73
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    that 7/11 video is not what being cancelled means. obviously. 
    Oh boy, we got another one…
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    edited August 2023
    lindamarie73 said:
    The Juggler said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

    Hi linda...what does this have to do with cancelling anyone? 

    Also, are you in full agreement now that Katie Ledecky is a female? Or are you still not quite sure?

    Thanks.
    If you can’t put together what cancelling means in that situation then I can’t help you, or anyone else for that matter.
    Also, I apologized for spreading a falsehood in a earlier post.  Nice try thou, go juggle someone else’s balls 
    But can you at least try to explain how beating someone with a baseball bat is the same thing as magas trying to cancel a beer company, for example? Are you advocating for magas to beat Anheuser Busch employees with bats?

    Also, not to belabor, but regarding Ledecky you said "if it is" bullshit, then you apologize. So it wasn't quite clear if you were certain she was a female or not. 

    3:45 am Hawaii time?! Get some sleep ma'am!
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  • Gern Blansten
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    lindamarie73 said:
    The Juggler said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

    Hi linda...what does this have to do with cancelling anyone? 

    Also, are you in full agreement now that Katie Ledecky is a female? Or are you still not quite sure?

    Thanks.
    If you can’t put together what cancelling means in that situation then I can’t help you, or anyone else for that matter.
    Also, I apologized for spreading a falsehood in a earlier post.  Nice try thou, go juggle someone else’s balls 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
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    edited August 2023
    lindamarie73 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    that 7/11 video is not what being cancelled means. obviously. 
    Oh boy, we got another one…
    assault has nothing to do with this topic.

    try reading:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture
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  • The Juggler
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    that 7/11 video is not what being cancelled means. obviously. 
    Oh boy, we got another one…
    assault has nothing to do with this topic.

    try reading:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture
    Maybe she's a Jason Aldean fan and this 7/11 was in a small town? Maybe?
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    Gern Blansten said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    The Juggler said:
    lindamarie73 said:
    These 7/11 workers sure cancelled this “customer”…. Every once in awhile civil society prevails.  Can’t wait to see what Ben Crump and the rest of the rotten brains have to say about this INJUSTICE…


    https://www.newsweek.com/video-7-eleven-workers-beating-thief-stick-california-1817117

    Hi linda...what does this have to do with cancelling anyone? 

    Also, are you in full agreement now that Katie Ledecky is a female? Or are you still not quite sure?

    Thanks.
    If you can’t put together what cancelling means in that situation then I can’t help you, or anyone else for that matter.
    Also, I apologized for spreading a falsehood in a earlier post.  Nice try thou, go juggle someone else’s balls 
    oh dear lord
    I chuckled at that one, not gonna lie.
  • The Juggler
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    The Juggler will juggle whomever' s balls The Juggler wishes to juggle, thank you very much. 
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    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    edited August 2023
    How many balls would a Juggler juggle if a Juggler could juggle balls, you ask? He would juggle, he would, as many as he could and juggle as many balls as a Juggler would if a Juggler could juggle balls. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
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    mickeyrat said:

    I don't agree with Rapinoe most of the time but good for her.  She's a smart gal.  Imagine her debating Tucker?!?

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