# So-Called “Cancel Culture”, Social Media and Bullying

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-cancel-culture-social-media-and-bullying/917676>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 9, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-cancel-culture-social-media-and-bullying/917676 "2020-08-09T23:29:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![YWTF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@YWTF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWTF)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-cancel-culture-social-media-and-bullying/917676/122 "2020-08-13T19:27:59Z")

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> [@Cheesesteak](#):
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> He is also guilty of claming that acknowledging transwomen are women is “an existential threat to women and girls”. Which is nonsense. His examples of the danger are entirely devoid of transwomen harming women or girls. He’s really dedicated to this idea and doesn’t have ONE example to show us? Really?

The thread on JKR has plenty of examples. The blog from Linehan I just cited linked to an incident, so I don’t know what you mean. If your belief that he’s wrong hinges on the assumption no transwomen have used their access to hurt women and girls, then it’s time to reassess your belief.

I don’t know Linehan’s rationale for saying TWAW is an existential threat to women, but I do know that redefining “woman” in such a way that permits any male to call himself one and not be questioned means harm will come to women.

This thread should stay focused on cancel culture so I’m not going to litigate gender ideology anymore here.

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