Is cancel culture real or is it just a right-wing myth?

Personally, I think it does exist but it's niche and massively blown up by the right. Conservative YouTubers seem much more obsessed with university social science departments than anyone else on the planet. If you complain about being 'cancelled' it's the fastest way to get a book deal but then if you criticise the government of Israel you get called an anti-semite.

BTW, most of the 'free-speech absolutists' on this site will never read this post because they have blocked me. Oh well.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

A cancel culture exists, but I think the phrase and its partner, 'woke,' are vague terms used to describe more than they actually define.

I believe it's entirely legitimate to want to minimize what's seen as a damaging or negative influence. But to disclude something simply because it doesn't align with what you like without any real reason or foundation, thenwe get into the neighborhood of cancel culture.

This pettiness exists on all sides. Republicans should cringe when they recall Freedom fries. They should also look at their efforts to expel masks from this country before pointing the finger at anyone else. Likewise, the Democrats- not without reason - are known to be quick to react to social causes and they can sometimes trip over their own feet showing their passion in, let's say, more trivial ways.

The insidiousness of cancel culture at the moment in the States is that it's being used by the right to play the victim in the struggle to rid this country of its ugliness.