Revisionism. There always were people who were singled out and attacked for various reasons.
The very word "boycott" comes from the last name of Charles Boycott from the 19th century, who was not boycotted politely at all. In fact people working with him, including 12 year olds got death threats, and his property was systematically destroyed.
I don't know why there's this idea of that people were more civilized once upon a time, but I can't see any evidence of that ever being the case.
He also wasn't the first by any means, but for whatever reason his last name caught on as the word for what was done to him.
That's not what I meant. I'm fully aware of things done in history including "cancelling" whole nations. Things changed in Europe democracies after WWII though. The hate between various groups of people during and immediately after war was beyond belief for many and they really didn't want to see the result of this hate again.
That's why democracies in Europe have accepted rather extremist political movements after WWII. That's why the collapse of Soviet Union was relatively peaceful and people even serving actively communist dictatorship had all their rights to live their lives in new democratic states. If you commit a crime, you will be punished, but you will have a right to live your life even if your views are very different from mine. It doesn't mean that it doesn't happen at all, but it hasn't been socially acceptable to cancel people.
I see it changing and I don't like it. I remember what happened during WWII and after that in my country.
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Revisionism. There always were people who were singled out and attacked for various reasons.
The very word "boycott" comes from the last name of Charles Boycott from the 19th century, who was not boycotted politely at all. In fact people working with him, including 12 year olds got death threats, and his property was systematically destroyed.
I don't know why there's this idea of that people were more civilized once upon a time, but I can't see any evidence of that ever being the case.
He also wasn't the first by any means, but for whatever reason his last name caught on as the word for what was done to him.
That's not what I meant. I'm fully aware of things done in history including "cancelling" whole nations. Things changed in Europe democracies after WWII though. The hate between various groups of people during and immediately after war was beyond belief for many and they really didn't want to see the result of this hate again.
That's why democracies in Europe have accepted rather extremist political movements after WWII. That's why the collapse of Soviet Union was relatively peaceful and people even serving actively communist dictatorship had all their rights to live their lives in new democratic states. If you commit a crime, you will be punished, but you will have a right to live your life even if your views are very different from mine. It doesn't mean that it doesn't happen at all, but it hasn't been socially acceptable to cancel people.
I see it changing and I don't like it. I remember what happened during WWII and after that in my country.