Beating Back Cancel Culture: A Case Study from the Field of AI

You fail to understand that these people cannot be reasoned with.

It doesn't matter if you are wrong or not: those people cannot be reasoned with so you do not really have a choice but to go on the offense regardless of the means you use.

Those people want you gone, fired. You will either do something about that in any way you can or you will lose your income.

There is no "rational" way fighting against someone like that. The person who is attacking already is irattational. Thus neither logic, nor common sense nor good will counter arguments will help you.

That person is like a rabid dog, once it sees you backing down it will only go in for the kill.

Stop thinking that you can "logic" or "talk" your way out.

An offense from your end, regardless if its rational or irrational is your only way of keeping your job.

Would you try to reason your way out when attacked by a mentally ill person? Obviously not, you'd know that there is no way of reasoning with someone whose world view is so warped and who is full of irrational hatred for someone who hasn't directly harmed him.

Stop thinking about logic and arguments, they will be your doom.

Going on a severe counterattack against them is your only option. The bully will only attack you harder if he sees you backing down.

But show the bully that you will punch back and he will lose his power. This might sound like a cliche but people severely underestimate the wisdom of this statement.

Also note that there is no "moral high ground" here. The person who is trying to make a stranger jobless obviously doesn't care if you or your family will starve. So the cancel culture proponent already ignored any an all morals since he obviously doesn't know your life situtation and is trying to cancel you anyway.

So really the only "moral" thing to do here is to destroy them back.