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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JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott cancelled his appearance at a MLB game to throw out the first pitch to protest the move of the All Star Game from Georgia.

This is one of the latest examples of the hypocrisy of Republicans claiming cancel culture is everyone else.

It’s a thing, but it’s not new. The US Boycotted the Moscow Olympics during the Cold War.

Had it reached hysterical levels? Maybe, the the people who complain most about it seem to be equally guilty.

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JoeyFoxx · 51-55, M

@CopperCicada virtue signaling is the root cause (IMHO)

People don’t want to actually do anything. They just want to appear that they understand and are willing to contribute to a cause.

It’s like people who willing eat hamburgers but are against hunting.

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