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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. 13:59 - Oct 11 with 6387 viewsBlueBadger

It was clearly all jokes, if you look at the full context of it..

I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:21 - Oct 11 with 1132 viewsEdwardStone

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 19:30 - Oct 11 by IpswichBoyBlue

Fair play. I stand corrected. Then he is a troubled soul and should seek help.


He is not evil, just very wrong

He didn't strike me as the kind of bloke who would ever admit to being in need of help
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:36 - Oct 11 with 1107 viewsjeera

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:21 - Oct 11 by EdwardStone

He is not evil, just very wrong

He didn't strike me as the kind of bloke who would ever admit to being in need of help


Brainwashed mate, he's hardly alone.

There's a few people I have distanced myself from over the past couple of years whose views have become more unpleasant and unreasoned. They have equally dug in their heels and won't take on board anything you say.

They each share the same trait of having a set of 'facts' regarding how much the country pays out to certain groups, who gets what, how it all works, accompanied by the same mentality when actual facts are pointed out.

Instead of being met with interest, there's only only more resentment. People believe what they want to believe and it's sad to see our government take advantage of the prejudice that has clearly been media led over the years.

You get scoffed at now if you fact check anything and try to put them straight. I think the truth is some people just aren't very nice under the surface. Christians, supposedly wholesome types who are supposed to care about people, showing some worrying attitudes, sharing right-wing propaganda on social media and the like. People I've known for 30 years displaying an utterly shameful stance towards troubled migrants in one post, then photos of their happy middle-class life on the next. They quite obviously are in no mood to share anything.

Anyway, I'm rambling, but it is all rather unsettling like I say.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:45 - Oct 11 with 1085 viewsEdwardStone

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:36 - Oct 11 by jeera

Brainwashed mate, he's hardly alone.

There's a few people I have distanced myself from over the past couple of years whose views have become more unpleasant and unreasoned. They have equally dug in their heels and won't take on board anything you say.

They each share the same trait of having a set of 'facts' regarding how much the country pays out to certain groups, who gets what, how it all works, accompanied by the same mentality when actual facts are pointed out.

Instead of being met with interest, there's only only more resentment. People believe what they want to believe and it's sad to see our government take advantage of the prejudice that has clearly been media led over the years.

You get scoffed at now if you fact check anything and try to put them straight. I think the truth is some people just aren't very nice under the surface. Christians, supposedly wholesome types who are supposed to care about people, showing some worrying attitudes, sharing right-wing propaganda on social media and the like. People I've known for 30 years displaying an utterly shameful stance towards troubled migrants in one post, then photos of their happy middle-class life on the next. They quite obviously are in no mood to share anything.

Anyway, I'm rambling, but it is all rather unsettling like I say.


Exactly this Mr J, exactly this

Seemingly reasonable people who have their souls and minds filled with hatred

We are living in troubled times
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:06 - Oct 11 with 1065 viewsSwansea_Blue

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 14:21 - Oct 11 by m14_blue

Maybe I'm just extremely naïve but I'm absolutely convinced that HB is a decent sort and not really a racist, despite undoubtedly crossing the line earlier and leaving Phil with no choice.

Watching him get increasingly angry and paranoid about 'the left' and 'wokeness' over the last few months has been really depressing and a clear example of how easily decent people can be manipulated by the right wing media and social media. Its grooming plain and simple.

This culture war is entirely fabricated but incredibly effective.

Hampstead should be a happy enough chap, enjoying his cricket, Town being top of the league and his charity work and instead he's permanently angry and scared of this bogeyman that doesn't exist in any meaningful way and will have no impact on his life at all. It makes me so angry with the people who have made him that way for their own ends.


I couldn’t half said it half as well. Absolutely spot on.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:10 - Oct 11 with 1053 viewsNewcyBlue

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:36 - Oct 11 by jeera

Brainwashed mate, he's hardly alone.

There's a few people I have distanced myself from over the past couple of years whose views have become more unpleasant and unreasoned. They have equally dug in their heels and won't take on board anything you say.

They each share the same trait of having a set of 'facts' regarding how much the country pays out to certain groups, who gets what, how it all works, accompanied by the same mentality when actual facts are pointed out.

Instead of being met with interest, there's only only more resentment. People believe what they want to believe and it's sad to see our government take advantage of the prejudice that has clearly been media led over the years.

You get scoffed at now if you fact check anything and try to put them straight. I think the truth is some people just aren't very nice under the surface. Christians, supposedly wholesome types who are supposed to care about people, showing some worrying attitudes, sharing right-wing propaganda on social media and the like. People I've known for 30 years displaying an utterly shameful stance towards troubled migrants in one post, then photos of their happy middle-class life on the next. They quite obviously are in no mood to share anything.

Anyway, I'm rambling, but it is all rather unsettling like I say.


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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:17 - Oct 11 with 1039 viewsvapour_trail

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 14:21 - Oct 11 by m14_blue

Maybe I'm just extremely naïve but I'm absolutely convinced that HB is a decent sort and not really a racist, despite undoubtedly crossing the line earlier and leaving Phil with no choice.

Watching him get increasingly angry and paranoid about 'the left' and 'wokeness' over the last few months has been really depressing and a clear example of how easily decent people can be manipulated by the right wing media and social media. Its grooming plain and simple.

This culture war is entirely fabricated but incredibly effective.

Hampstead should be a happy enough chap, enjoying his cricket, Town being top of the league and his charity work and instead he's permanently angry and scared of this bogeyman that doesn't exist in any meaningful way and will have no impact on his life at all. It makes me so angry with the people who have made him that way for their own ends.


Agree m14.

I also think there’s room for reflection for some of the people who have targeted both Hampstead (and another poster), incessantly, over recent times, and likely exacerbated his position.

As noted by many, he’s historically been sound, not another benters.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:19 - Oct 11 with 1012 viewsRyorry

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 20:21 - Oct 11 by noggin

Wasn't he in intelligence? Hardly the front line.


I think he said he'd done a couple of tours, incl Afghanistan? but could be wrong.

I do however remember when he first came onto this site not so long ago and talked about his experiences in the forces & how they affected him - quite a few here were concerned & offered support.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:20 - Oct 11 with 1024 viewsSwansea_Blue

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 19:29 - Oct 11 by Ewan_Oozami

I suspect, though I am no expert, but I have seen it in ex-Service friends that served in the Falklands, NI, Iraq and Afghanistan (not the same person obvs!) that it could be delayed-onset PTSD?


The thing is, this change in character with people becoming increasingly paranoid and angry and things that don’t affect them is seemingly quite common. There have been radio shows lately highlighting this sort of thing with friends, parents, children, partners phoning up to say they’ve ‘lost’ a loved one to it. It’s pure online manipulation and a positive feed back of increasingly outlandish positions. It needn’t have anything to do with his time in the forces.

Edit. I see jeera mentioned it with some first hand experiences, but I’ve only just read that post. My old fella has gone this way too. I don’t remember him being a rampant right winger when I was growing up but he’s turned into a mini Farage over the last few years. I can barely talk to him these days before he starts banging on about immigrants or quoting the Daily Express at me (he’s changed from the Mail because they dared criticise Johnson).
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:26 - Oct 11 with 1007 viewsJ2BLUE

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:20 - Oct 11 by Swansea_Blue

The thing is, this change in character with people becoming increasingly paranoid and angry and things that don’t affect them is seemingly quite common. There have been radio shows lately highlighting this sort of thing with friends, parents, children, partners phoning up to say they’ve ‘lost’ a loved one to it. It’s pure online manipulation and a positive feed back of increasingly outlandish positions. It needn’t have anything to do with his time in the forces.

Edit. I see jeera mentioned it with some first hand experiences, but I’ve only just read that post. My old fella has gone this way too. I don’t remember him being a rampant right winger when I was growing up but he’s turned into a mini Farage over the last few years. I can barely talk to him these days before he starts banging on about immigrants or quoting the Daily Express at me (he’s changed from the Mail because they dared criticise Johnson).
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I've posted before about listening to finance youtube videos etc which gradually push a certain view of the world and eventually you find yourself going to those sources daily. They all push an anti MSM view and it's very easy to get lost in that echo chamber.

Add in a fear of anything 'the left' do and a big dose of religion (which ties in nicely to conspiracy theories of being chipped etc) and you're really asking for trouble.

Truly impaired.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:26 - Oct 11 with 1008 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Any chance of a prisoner exchange and we get Footers back?

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:26 - Oct 11 with 1006 viewsjeera

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:20 - Oct 11 by Swansea_Blue

The thing is, this change in character with people becoming increasingly paranoid and angry and things that don’t affect them is seemingly quite common. There have been radio shows lately highlighting this sort of thing with friends, parents, children, partners phoning up to say they’ve ‘lost’ a loved one to it. It’s pure online manipulation and a positive feed back of increasingly outlandish positions. It needn’t have anything to do with his time in the forces.

Edit. I see jeera mentioned it with some first hand experiences, but I’ve only just read that post. My old fella has gone this way too. I don’t remember him being a rampant right winger when I was growing up but he’s turned into a mini Farage over the last few years. I can barely talk to him these days before he starts banging on about immigrants or quoting the Daily Express at me (he’s changed from the Mail because they dared criticise Johnson).
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That's what I was trying to say.

An old friend posting stuff from Spiked for goodness' sake and calling the Guardian a far left rag.

He's posted several memes listing stuff that can be looked-up in seconds, which he hasn't bothered doing. He is just one example of a dozen who were close to me who I just don't have anything in common with anymore.

All sorts of vile nonsense - all without any real context. I'm talking from abortion laws to how the Palestinians are asking for it.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:28 - Oct 11 with 989 viewsRyorry

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:20 - Oct 11 by Swansea_Blue

The thing is, this change in character with people becoming increasingly paranoid and angry and things that don’t affect them is seemingly quite common. There have been radio shows lately highlighting this sort of thing with friends, parents, children, partners phoning up to say they’ve ‘lost’ a loved one to it. It’s pure online manipulation and a positive feed back of increasingly outlandish positions. It needn’t have anything to do with his time in the forces.

Edit. I see jeera mentioned it with some first hand experiences, but I’ve only just read that post. My old fella has gone this way too. I don’t remember him being a rampant right winger when I was growing up but he’s turned into a mini Farage over the last few years. I can barely talk to him these days before he starts banging on about immigrants or quoting the Daily Express at me (he’s changed from the Mail because they dared criticise Johnson).
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Seen this, very sadly, increasingly in the recent fb posts of an old friend who moved abroad several years ago, so I've had little contact with her other than on that platform.

Binning off fb for other reasons has saved me the dilemma of what to do about the situation. Achingly sad, the person I knew several years ago as intelligent, reasonable & kindest of souls seems to have changed beyond recognition.

Edit: just read posts from others referring to very similar situations with people close to them in their lives, so our own are not just v. isolated incidents it would seem - that's worrying.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:30 - Oct 11 with 990 viewsSwansea_Blue

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:26 - Oct 11 by jeera

That's what I was trying to say.

An old friend posting stuff from Spiked for goodness' sake and calling the Guardian a far left rag.

He's posted several memes listing stuff that can be looked-up in seconds, which he hasn't bothered doing. He is just one example of a dozen who were close to me who I just don't have anything in common with anymore.

All sorts of vile nonsense - all without any real context. I'm talking from abortion laws to how the Palestinians are asking for it.
[Post edited 11 Oct 2020 21:29]


Yeah, just got to your post. Sad that people are being exploited like this and can’t see it. It almost make you start to question reality, which I suppose is the whole aim of it.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:32 - Oct 11 with 987 viewsHerbivore

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:26 - Oct 11 by jeera

That's what I was trying to say.

An old friend posting stuff from Spiked for goodness' sake and calling the Guardian a far left rag.

He's posted several memes listing stuff that can be looked-up in seconds, which he hasn't bothered doing. He is just one example of a dozen who were close to me who I just don't have anything in common with anymore.

All sorts of vile nonsense - all without any real context. I'm talking from abortion laws to how the Palestinians are asking for it.
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Social media has a lot to answer for. If you've not watched The Social Dilemma yet I'd highly recommend it. It's pretty terrifying how these companies manipulate people for money and how they are helping to create and stoke division. It's more than just an echo chamber that is creating radicalised individuals like Hampstead.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:45 - Oct 11 with 945 viewsjeera

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:32 - Oct 11 by Herbivore

Social media has a lot to answer for. If you've not watched The Social Dilemma yet I'd highly recommend it. It's pretty terrifying how these companies manipulate people for money and how they are helping to create and stoke division. It's more than just an echo chamber that is creating radicalised individuals like Hampstead.


Yes I will watch that. Thanks.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:47 - Oct 11 with 946 viewsSwansea_Blue

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:32 - Oct 11 by Herbivore

Social media has a lot to answer for. If you've not watched The Social Dilemma yet I'd highly recommend it. It's pretty terrifying how these companies manipulate people for money and how they are helping to create and stoke division. It's more than just an echo chamber that is creating radicalised individuals like Hampstead.


I can’t remember who on here recommended it to me a few weeks back, but I sat down and watched it last week. It’s a must watch imo. I had some awareness of the issues being raised, but it really spelt out just how these technologies work and how they can be misused to manipulate us.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:55 - Oct 11 with 917 viewsHerbivore

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:47 - Oct 11 by Swansea_Blue

I can’t remember who on here recommended it to me a few weeks back, but I sat down and watched it last week. It’s a must watch imo. I had some awareness of the issues being raised, but it really spelt out just how these technologies work and how they can be misused to manipulate us.


Similar to you I had some awareness of things like the use of algorithms to personalise content, particularly advetsiing. But it goes so far beyond that. It should be a must watch for everyone, people are being duped by amoral tech companies and its pushing the world in a quite dangerous direction.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 22:02 - Oct 11 with 904 viewsm14_blue

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:28 - Oct 11 by Ryorry

Seen this, very sadly, increasingly in the recent fb posts of an old friend who moved abroad several years ago, so I've had little contact with her other than on that platform.

Binning off fb for other reasons has saved me the dilemma of what to do about the situation. Achingly sad, the person I knew several years ago as intelligent, reasonable & kindest of souls seems to have changed beyond recognition.

Edit: just read posts from others referring to very similar situations with people close to them in their lives, so our own are not just v. isolated incidents it would seem - that's worrying.
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It’s incredibly worrying.

I’ve always been fascinated by the rise of Hitler and how ‘ordinary’ Germans, in a 20th century democracy, were swept along by something so evil.

I feel exactly the same forces are in play in Britain and America in 2020. (and just for the avoidance of a 20 pager I’m not saying the people in question are the same as Hitler, just that the phenomenon of ordinary, decent, people being manipulated into accepting things they would have considered abhorrent not long ago).

I’m not sure where this is heading but it’s not good.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 22:12 - Oct 11 with 894 viewsFunge

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 14:21 - Oct 11 by m14_blue

Maybe I'm just extremely naïve but I'm absolutely convinced that HB is a decent sort and not really a racist, despite undoubtedly crossing the line earlier and leaving Phil with no choice.

Watching him get increasingly angry and paranoid about 'the left' and 'wokeness' over the last few months has been really depressing and a clear example of how easily decent people can be manipulated by the right wing media and social media. Its grooming plain and simple.

This culture war is entirely fabricated but incredibly effective.

Hampstead should be a happy enough chap, enjoying his cricket, Town being top of the league and his charity work and instead he's permanently angry and scared of this bogeyman that doesn't exist in any meaningful way and will have no impact on his life at all. It makes me so angry with the people who have made him that way for their own ends.


Here's something, apropos of nothing, or maybe a little more....

A dear friend of mine took the decision to effectively hibernate when lockdown hit in March. Texts were sent by me and the rest of our circle of friends 'checking in'- these were initially ignored, then rebutted with the desire to be 'left alone', before the friend in question then actively and aggressively pushed me, and everyone else, away.

Both I, and my mates, reached out repeatedly thereafter, before that friend subsequently cut us all off. What we now know is that this individual has taken a series of decisions that, to the reasoned outsider, would appear rash. He has had an episode. As a group, all communication with our man is now secondary - Chinese Whispers, and so forth. He has taken the decision to start afresh, and none of us know why. It hurts, a lot.

Simply, COVID appears to have been the trigger to prompt our friend into this extreme course of action. He's not alone with undertaking such actions; I've heard of several other instances of people behaving in such fashion.

We're all in the midst of this incredible, enormous, terrible situation. It is, for the majority of us, the most sensational experience we will ever undergo. Every emotion amplified, often for the worse.

I wonder if our man Hampstead has been adversely affected by it all - as VT says, there appeared to have been a notable polarisation in his posts, and his views. I know I have been affected by all this - it fully does my head in.

For the sake of good order, I should advise that I disagreed with almost all of Hampsteads political viewpoints.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 22:41 - Oct 11 with 847 viewsRyorry

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 22:12 - Oct 11 by Funge

Here's something, apropos of nothing, or maybe a little more....

A dear friend of mine took the decision to effectively hibernate when lockdown hit in March. Texts were sent by me and the rest of our circle of friends 'checking in'- these were initially ignored, then rebutted with the desire to be 'left alone', before the friend in question then actively and aggressively pushed me, and everyone else, away.

Both I, and my mates, reached out repeatedly thereafter, before that friend subsequently cut us all off. What we now know is that this individual has taken a series of decisions that, to the reasoned outsider, would appear rash. He has had an episode. As a group, all communication with our man is now secondary - Chinese Whispers, and so forth. He has taken the decision to start afresh, and none of us know why. It hurts, a lot.

Simply, COVID appears to have been the trigger to prompt our friend into this extreme course of action. He's not alone with undertaking such actions; I've heard of several other instances of people behaving in such fashion.

We're all in the midst of this incredible, enormous, terrible situation. It is, for the majority of us, the most sensational experience we will ever undergo. Every emotion amplified, often for the worse.

I wonder if our man Hampstead has been adversely affected by it all - as VT says, there appeared to have been a notable polarisation in his posts, and his views. I know I have been affected by all this - it fully does my head in.

For the sake of good order, I should advise that I disagreed with almost all of Hampsteads political viewpoints.


Sorry to hear about your friend Funge, very distressing.

Generally, if people are isolating because of Covid_19, then by definition their contact with other people is going to be either phoning, texting, skype or zoom - but increasingly, via social media - with all the associated problems and dangers that others on this thread have referred to.

'Solitary confinement' is not considered a "cruel & unusual punishment" for nothing. Humans are mostly social beings who need personal interaction and touch to keep mentally healthy. Some are better at being isolated than others, but one of the reasons I've moved slightly away from the lockdown approach to the pandemic is that I can see a massive mental health crisis for millions looming, which could threaten to overwhelm the NHS as much as the pandemic.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 23:29 - Oct 11 with 803 viewsjaykay

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 19:29 - Oct 11 by Ewan_Oozami

I suspect, though I am no expert, but I have seen it in ex-Service friends that served in the Falklands, NI, Iraq and Afghanistan (not the same person obvs!) that it could be delayed-onset PTSD?


he sent me a p.m. once claiming he suffered with PSTD so i dont think it was delayed. i never had him on ignore but very rarely bit. if peopled ignored him i think he wouldn't have been so outspoken. it seems he craved attention and he got it on here, even if it was people saying they didnt agree with him. the more that happened , i think he got a misplaced buzz from it.

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 23:38 - Oct 11 with 795 viewsjeera

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 23:29 - Oct 11 by jaykay

he sent me a p.m. once claiming he suffered with PSTD so i dont think it was delayed. i never had him on ignore but very rarely bit. if peopled ignored him i think he wouldn't have been so outspoken. it seems he craved attention and he got it on here, even if it was people saying they didnt agree with him. the more that happened , i think he got a misplaced buzz from it.


"If people ignored him..."

Whilst there is possibly an element of truth to that, (and as it goes I went to log on earlier today, looked through that thread and thought I'd keep well out of it as he was pissing me off too), it's also not everyone else's fault for reacting each time someone like that goes off on one.

I know there's sometimes claims of posters pouncing but they are also individuals with a right to speak up if they're personally annoyed by someone's posts.

A number of posters doesn't always mean a collective nor a 'hive' mind. Just a lot of pissed-off individuals with their own emotions and beliefs.

He was deliberately provocative, so it's not unreasonable to expect such a response, especially when that's precisely what you are engineering your threads towards.


*generic post to the world in general, not aimed at you.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 04:34 - Oct 12 with 717 viewsSpruceMoose

If we tolerate the intolerant then sooner or later we run the very serious risk that the tolerant voices get overrun and wiped out by the intolerant ones.

Hamstead had the exact same platform as the rest of us, and he ended up flooding it with lies, violent threats and right wing propaganda. The nature of this forum means we have no real idea as to how he arrived at that point. All we can ever really assess is someone's words. This forum tried to reason with him but he would not engage. I don't blame anyone on this forum for his ban.

Personally I'm glad he's gone, because that means that the valid and truthful points that many excellent posters make will no longer get distorted and sidetracked by his unmanned firehose of absolute nonsense and lies. However, the cricket loving fella who used to contribute in a much different fashion will most likely rightfully be missed by some. But how much of that fella had we truly seen lately?

On a human level, I hope his removal from the forum actually helps him in the long run. He seemed to take a rather sharp and unhealthy downturn over the last year, and I genuinely hope his online activities don't accurately reflect what's going on in his real life.
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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 04:38 - Oct 12 with 715 viewsSpruceMoose

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Any chance of a prisoner exchange and we get Footers back?


Free the Islington One!

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So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 14:37 - Oct 12 with 541 viewsEwan_Oozami

So, I see that Cancel Culture has struck again on TWTD. on 21:55 - Oct 11 by Herbivore

Similar to you I had some awareness of things like the use of algorithms to personalise content, particularly advetsiing. But it goes so far beyond that. It should be a must watch for everyone, people are being duped by amoral tech companies and its pushing the world in a quite dangerous direction.


I have noticed lately that Phil has introduced an algorithm that promotes pro-Hobnob posts and removes pro-Battenberg ones.......

You are the obsolete SRN4 to my Fairey Rotodyne....
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