do you really get that much clout from canceling people over tiny mistakes? I'm genuinely confused as to why people actively try to do it

like I get why would want to post something like for example "x show is racist" or something cause thats like a take!! like I get why you would get clout from that it could be wrong or overstated but it's still analysis. but comrades within your community? it seems less stressful to just tell them if you disagree with like one of their posts or something

to clarify: obviously it's good to expose abusers and the like and if someone starts posting full-on racist stuff out of the blue I understand why you'd rather not engage. but if they use, say, an ableist term that there's a chance they don't know is ableist. or if they post a political take which you disagree with. it's probably less stressful to at least find out if they're acting in good faith

how can anybody get better if you're only allowed to be perfect

@garfiald
"political take which you disagree" can be something which is very serious. As I said, this is very subjective. The argument of "purity politics" doesn't apply in a lot of case because the severity of these announcement is very subjective

@garfiald They will get better if they can own up to their mistakes in public.

@garfiald Most of the time, the reason they don't want it to be said in public is to preserve their social capitals and I absolutely will not stand for that.