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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
...do you feel you've been pushing the opinion that what you choose to refer to as cancel culture is a real and present danger, or do you feel you've been merely expressing it?
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I feel that I have been expressing it. Had I been pushing it, I might have targeted you as an adversary, tried to determine your real identity and "dox" you on the web, because I happen to disagree with you on this topic we are discussing. I might have tried to organize boycotts of your posts (tried to get other forum members to stop responding to them), because I disagree with what you are saying. I might have tried to contact the management of this forum (the administrators) in an attempt to get you banned for some made up or exaggerated offense. I might have tried to dig into you personally via research on the internet, in an attempt to find other areas you are involved in that I could use to cast aspirations your way. Possibly I might have found that one of your friends is an XYZ, and that could have been used against you.
But I am not doing any of that. I am simply stating my viewpoint. You then take that viewpoint and twist it around in an attempt to make it seem I said something that I didn't. I don't care for that, but I cannot control your actions. And even though your actions are distasteful to me, they will not trigger me to start "pushing" my viewpoint by doing things, for example, like I mentioned in the paragraph above.
There is a significant difference between expressing and pushing. I am sorry that you cannot see it. One thing you might try though, is look for some element of punishment, usually far in excess of the "crime". If you see any indication of punishment evident, then most likely (but not 100%) it is a "push" and not an "expression". But looking for the punishment element is only a guideline, not a hard and fast rule. Use common sense when applying this guideline.