I haven't seen the show so I'm not going to comment too much on that.

What I will say is this: First, fortunately, this is not the kind of forum where I would expect to see a cancellation.

Do people disagree? Sure.

Have I seen things that made me mad? Yep.

I'm still here, though, because my right to have a different opinion than some has been generally respected. I don't bring up this kind of topic much, I admit, just because I'm here to celebrate and discuss all things Eyrie, not to discuss a TV show with a political agenda. Lots of TV shows have political agendas, and while left-leaning is a lot easier to find due to how the TV industry operates, right-leaning still exists and both have a right to exist. Politics can make me angry pretty quickly, though, and here I just try to relax and wind down.

To be blunt, I have been cancelled elsewhere before, and over what I still consider to be mainstream, relatively centrist opinions. I had to leave that venue just because I could feel my IQ starting to drop every time I talked to them. But I'm still here, and I plan to be for a long time to come.

So my advice is this: if you have a point to make, by all means make it. Particularly when you're not the one who opened the topic, no one is going to say you don't have a right to speak. Come with well-reasoned opinions in hand and be ready to debate people who will disagree with you.

Debate is how we prove to ourselves and others that our opinions are the right ones. We must be able to defend our beliefs, or how would we know they're defensible? If a person wants to silence someone, they don't prove the silenced victim wrong--they prove they were afraid of what that person had to say. That is cancel culture in a nutshell.

I consider myself fortunate to be able to say I haven't run into that here. Understand, of course, that I'm no moderator, but I am a forum member and have been for a very long time. So have most people here.

I won't say that you should or should not speak up. Political debate is time-consuming and emotionally draining. That's why I get angry so quickly. But please never feel as though you -can't- speak up. If you feel repressed, then those who would silence you simply for disagreeing with them have already won.

Don't let them win.

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Authors of our fates
Orchestrate our fall from grace
Poorest players on the stage
Our defiance drives us straight to the edge