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If you don't like a law enforcement agency, then work to elect officials that make the political change you want. Don't use cancel culture to enrage your tribe and shame everyone you disagree with.

edit:removal of inaccurate reference to McCarthyism.

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Perhaps I have a misunderstanding of the term McCarthyism but I fail to see how this can be classified as such.

I agree with your thesis and conclusion about electoral responsibility and cancel culture. However, isn't McCarthyism necessarily the use of spurious accusations to incite such tribal enragement, as opposed to the use of the proven claim of HootSuite actually having said ICE contract?

You are right, McCarthyism was the incorrect language to use. Thanks!

> I agree with your thesis and conclusion about electoral responsibility

How did resolve the "Canadians can't vote in the US" issue? I found it to be a bit of a showstopper.

How was this Canadian supposed to vote on American policy? She doesn't have that right. She exercised her right of free speech.

>work to elect officials that make the political change you want

Not sure how that is supposed to apply to people like the Canadian employee referenced in the article. Canadians don't exactly have much say in American elections.

This is not mere dislike of a law enforcement agency. ICE is keeping children in filthy conditions, conducting forced hysterectomies, knowingly deporting people who will be murdered on the other side, and imprisoning people in conditions where they will die from COVID-19. Any association with them whatsoever is anathema to any ethical human.

Exactly. Last year I went on a date with this person. Her family immigrated to USA when she was 2 years old. Recently for some reason her family didn't get green card. Everyone had to leave USA. Her whole family is disbanded. Parents and siblings are living in different countries. She couldn't join her cousin's wedding because according to USA immigration officials "she has too much ties with USA". Her family was law-abiding, tax-paying and highly-educated. This begs the question. At what point do we care about people who don't have backing of the poiltical outrage machine?

"hey this government agency is doing things that are abhorrent."

"wow no way let's cancel our contract with them"

You: OhMgees it's cancel culture.

Yeah I remember when the Montgomery Bus cancel culture thing happened. It didn't actually do anything because only voting works.

Calling ICE a law enforcement agency is a generous interpretation..

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