[joshuamorton]

Adria Richards is actually an interesting case. She was "cancelled" for cancelling someone else. One of the major criticisms of the Harper's letter is that people speaking out about injustice have historically faced severe retribution, and that the recent concern about cancellation is only in response to this retributory cannon being pointed toward those "in power".

I can't see the people who are today concerned about Cancellation standing up for Adria Richards were that to happen again today. See the recent argument between Yann LeCun and Timnit Gebru for a somewhat analogous situation.

The backlash against the person perceived as trying to cancel someone else was much greater than the initial "lash", so to speak.

> James Damore was also similarly unemployed for a while

Not a very long time though. And the lawsuits were ones he chose to file.

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>Not a very long time though.

It was for a long time. He may actually still be unemployed.

>And the lawsuits were ones he chose to file.

No one said otherwise.