I’m struggling a bit to see why this ad is controversial.
I hear this said a lot, but know of no psychological evidence that people have actually become more "sensitive" (by which I mean neurotic, defensive etc).
What's happened is that people became better informed, educated, and communicative. They're more comfortable with expressing. And that's mainly down to technology which facilitated cultural change.
It is natural for that to turn inward. This is the evolution of critique. It took many years from Gutenberg to Vanity Fair. Literary criticism only emerged once the medium itself was mature.
The same thing is happening in technology as Lewis Mumford predicted. Technological critique. has come of age with AI.
Anybody so unsophisticated as to ignore that, like Apple, is doomed.
No one gives a shit how "thin" or "powerful" your gadget is. They care what it means to them and their values. Apple, of all organisations, should be mindful of that.
My identity? Why, I'm an iPhone™ product(RED)© AIDS (or as I've recently taken to calling it, HIV+AIDS) REALief-Responder® and I can assure you Zero (0) of the child laborers have STDs.
Stop being so sensitive about people "being sensitive" and engage in the discussion instead of dismissing it.
All this complaining about "cancel culture" is just complaining that other people are using their freedom of speech in a way that you don't like. This is what freedom is speech means - disagreement. Stop whining about people disagreeing with you. Either address the arguments they're making to further the conversation, or deal with it.
I don't think the world is going to end because some people are upset about an ad.
But I absolutely am going to laugh at and belittle those who are having an extreme and irrational emotional reaction to something this dumb.
> Either address the arguments they're making to further the conversation, or deal with it.
You missed the other option. Dismiss them and make them feel bad and embarrassed for overreacting.
It’s attacking someone relentlessly, canceling their contracts, getting them fired, kicked out of institutions, debanked.
I’m not sure if you are pretending to not know that, or really just don’t know anything on the topic at all. But either way, it’s kind of showing your cards.
Employers don't just fire you because a Twitter mob told them to. They do it because they learned about your bad behavior and no longer have faith in you.
If you don't like being fired: - Don't do stuff your employers will find distasteful - Vote for candidates to end at-will employment and give stronger employee rights
So, start off with a blatant misdirection. They shouldn’t, but the evidence is this works.
> that is your (or your associates') fault, not the whistleblowers
Frame cancel culture as a noble effort, ok, go on…
> Don't do stuff your employers will find distasteful - Vote for candidates to end at-will employment and give stronger employee rights
Just don’t disagree with liberals and vote the way they want you to! SIMPLE SOLUTION! Why didn’t I think of that!?
It's not about liberals or conservatives, it's about ordinary people not liking things and spreading the word, ideally so people with the power to change things hear it. Conservatives cancel too, e.g. the Bud Light / Dylan Mulvaney boycott.
Things seem to escalate quite quickly now with no rationale. There seem to be no middle ground these days. My reference to cancel culture is that while it isn't there yet, Apple may have felt the need to apologize before it got there.