Have you considered the possibility that being all worked up over the default name Github assigns to the first branch in a new repository puts you in "fringe minority" status?
Again, have you actually taken a look at that article?
> “Please, no, ADELE can’t be a TERF,” a “staunch feminist” performer named Jacob told his thousands of Twitter followers.
> “Who’d have thought Adele was a transphobe and would use her platform to call for the destruction of the trans community. Especially the confused teenagers,” another long-time Twitter user posted.
(They had to go with "long-time" for that second one because they've only got 375 followers.)
"We searched up a handful of mean tweets" isn't journalism or indicative of anything except the fact you can always find some mean tweets about someone, and it's a little hard to say Adele is canceled in an article about her winning Artist of the Year...
just watch CNN, CNBC, etc, and tell me that canceling people is not a subject VERY frequently. Whoopi Goldberg is one of the last matter (not master), it's not about some source you don't like, don't be retarded (oops banned word)
Socrates got executed for his speech. "Cancel culture" has been with us since we invented social groups. Monkeys ostracise members of the group on a regular basis. Why do you think "so and so got in trouble for saying something offensive" is a new phenomenon?
I'm very sorry if you can't see how this is getting out of proportion and more and more irrational, it just means you're lacking basic sense of observation and I recommend you to work on that.
And regarding the word "master", do you think a black guy will get offended to get called a masterchief ? a chess master ? no way... It doesn't make any sense. There were hundreds of millions of white slave in history, and still white people don't seem to get concerned by that, because it's not used for "political" matter.
I'm always surprise on HN to see the smartest people falling for the dumbest propaganda.
> it just means you're lacking basic sense of observation and I recommend you to work on that
I will absolutely be willing to take that criticism from someone who hasn't fallen for the NY Post's "Adele is canceled because we found a tweet from someone with 375 followers".
> And regarding the word "master", do you think a black guy will get offended to get called a masterchief ?
If you call your mother "mother", will she be mad? How about "motherfucker"? Compound words change meaning.
Why? CNN and CNBC are viewed by around 1-2 million people during prime time. There are literally Youtubers who do nothing but eat junk food who get more views than CNN [1]. Just because something is a big deal on CNN or Fox News doesn't mean it's actually a big deal.
The fact you give any credence, one way or the other, to what Whoopi Goldberg (???) says is more a reflection of your own values than a reflection of any kind of social collapse or the emergence of some kind of fascist regime. Oh no! An actress on day time television said something her advertisers didn't want her to say and now she's suspended for two weeks! This clearly is in indication of the power Antifa has on the media and our thoughts!