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Canceling | ContraPoints

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What it is

A long video essay by Natalie Wynn of ContraPoints on cancel culture, drawing on her own experience of being pile-on targeted by other leftists. It is theatrical and discursive, mixing argument with performance.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a more thoughtful, balanced and personal take on cancel culture than usual discussion.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's long but worth a watch if you want to hear someone talk about it”

    Cancelling from a left perspective and experiences with it.

    DavidVoid, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Politically-correct witch-hunt is killing free speech”

  2. “a much smarter, useful, timely treatise”

    A smarter, useful and timely treatise on cancelling.

    specialist, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “The Fourth of July”

  3. “There is a far, far better (critical) take on it within "marxist" culture”

    A far better critical take on cancel culture.

    monopoledance, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Brendan Eich on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]”

  4. “Natalie Wynn talks about this on Contrapoints, worth watching as well”

    Natalie Wynn on Twitter pile-ons.

    theossuary, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “What it's like to be cancelled”

  5. “It's long but you might find it entertaining.”

    What cancellation of a leftist by fellow leftists felt like.

    otikik, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon”

  6. “I'm not generally a contrapoints fan, but I really enjoyed the video she made about her experience with this on twitter”

    Her experience of being cancelled on Twitter.

    josephg, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl's books”

  7. “I think that it’s useful to hear a balanced take on cancel culture”

    A balanced take on cancel culture from ContraPoints.

    tmpX7dMeXU, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “Richard Stallman Talks Red Hat, AI and Ethical Software Licenses at GNU Birthday”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: cancel culture, social media, twitter, left politics, video essay

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