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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone who could have written this post. It’s true that the comment was not intentionally racist but it was definitely offensive. But the real reason this person got cancelled was because they had made a LOT of enemies with their underhanded ways, and so nobody intervened. [/quote]

I know someone who could have written this post, too, and the offense taken at their definitely-not-racist comment was, frankly, performative. And they didn't have enemies -- they just didn't have much power in their situation. So when people started spreading rumors, a small number of people believed them and other people just wanted to stay out of it. It was absolutely a railroading by a handful of powerful people who didn't like this person. And it was those people who were underhanded in the way they handled it. Their target was honest and reasonable. But powerless.

It's not always as black and white as people want to believe, and people will convince themselves that their behavior is justified because it's hard to look at your own behavior and admit you were wrong.[/quote]

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