Has cancel culture and identity politics gone to far?

[Proud90sKid]

Identity politics: autism is wildly overdiagnosed now. Primarily because people want a special label. Autism is perfect for that because it is a spectrum, seems real to laymen, sometimes gives enhanced cognitive abilities, and they get props for "overcoming" a "severe" challenge.

Cancel culture: Reddit started to strongly censor stuff in the past 5 years and give mods a bit more discretion. You can even be pre-emptively banned from some subs for posting in "covid misinformation subreddits" and almost anything I post on reddit gets removed by an automod for breaking some rule that is only found in the auto-mod's code. Yahoo removed commenting during COVID and youtube removed dislike counter after the Fauci movie got several. It was at first accepted by left leaning people, but increasingly I am noticing an anti-censorship sentiment on social media. People are openly complaining about the ridiculous censorship on reddit (ie. "Why do mods regulate posts on their subreddit more strictly than businesses are regulated in the US?) and not just on reddit either (watched a true crime youtube show about a sex creep getting busted and someone commented something like "moment of silence for whichever subreddit it was that has lost a moderator" and I have seen many other similar comments on both facebook and youtube. People arent just complaining about reddit either, but about the ridiculous and somewhat arbitrary censorship on social media in general. Reddit is probably the worst though but now increasingly people are referring to the site as a whole as a "toxic echo chamber for socially stunted liberals". You know it has gotten bad when reddit, once known for its anything goes approach, is now so restrictive that even "woke" people are starting to complain about it.

Is America growing tired of cancel culture and identity politics?

[TH Anonymous]

[SIZE="a"]I do agree that Autism is way overdiagnosed. People are saying they have Autism because it appears "cute" _ ie, look at that cute Autistic child! or aww, that Autistic dude likes cuddles — which is ableist and infantises us who actually have the disability. I hate it, and doctors need to place a stricter criteria for Autism diagnosis because this has gotten ridiculous! I see fanfiction of characters who are very neurotypical being written as Austistic and Soft in fanfiction because that conforms to the author's perverted (sadly, sometimes literally perverted) ideologies.


Saw another one on Facebook the other day. I enjoy vintage photographs from bygone eras taken in big cities. There was this one — although I'm not sure if it was actually in where the post text said it was with all the AI technology and Photoshop work — that featured Puerto Ricans on an airplane. A guy makes a joke about all of them being shocked about being able to sit in the front and sing praises for them. Latino and Taino-descended folks told him off and I'm only able to quietly agree. About 12% of all Puerto Ricans are actually descended from Africans.


I remember when Reddit was anything goes, but in those days it included illicit content such as certain type of explicit material, threats of murder by users towards others, and right wing extremism. While I do think those censorship were very appropriate, I haven't come across any other censorship on Reddit, I don't use it a whole lot. When I go on it, which is extremely rare, I don't see any trouble. I don't see anything by moderators, and most of the people there are having a decent conversation. As decent a conversation you can have just about anywhere else.


I know I've had woke fatigue for a long time, and I made it my resolution for the coming years in my life to keep my head down. It's not because I'm choosing to be ignorant of the world's problems or that they don't matter/aren't valid for others; it's because I've dealt with my own person stuff for so long that I can't carry the weight of the world or social and civil issues on my weak shoulders. Minding my own business, while still being respectful and not discriminate others based on race, religion, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, is all I can really do now.


Besides, where are woke issues surrounding issues that matter to me? Nobody cares about disabled folks. Not particularly about those who have chronic illnesses that leave them physically incapacitated, or considering that not all Deaf people choose to lip-read (and we shouldn't have that burden forced upon us) and that the rest of the world should consider mandatory closed captioning or be fined a hefty about by the Federal Communication Commission for not obliging. But nobody really gives a fuck, we live in an able-bodied world that thrives on sounds and not letters.

Until the woke happens in those areas, then I choose to bow out because you're not granting me the same consideration. Again, I'm not saying I am ignorant and that these social or civil issues are not valid; I'm doing this because I need to focus on myself. I can only do so much for my causes and I don't feel welcome in others. Until that day comes, then I want no part of it.[/size]