Canceling | ContraPoints
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
“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”
“a much smarter, useful, timely treatise”
A smarter, useful and timely treatise on cancelling.
specialist, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “The Fourth of July”
“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]”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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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