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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
No.
It's a (deliberately) flaky term that can mean anyone being fired from their job, losing an advertiser, or getting criticized mildly on Twitter. It usually involves someone somewhat right-wing saying something slightly racist and then complaining about being 'canceled' and about how their 'free-speech' is violated because someone criticized them.
You will hear about how professor A got banned from speaking at a university 'just for expressing an opinion and about how the 'woke mob' are 'creating a 'new fascism' and are 'intolerant'. Then you read into the story a bit from another source and find out the professor was merely disinvited to a speaking event for about thirty people and that he said homosexuality was a mental illness.
I exaggerate slightly. The point is that I've come across right-wing people moaning about being 'canceled' 99% more than I've seen actual infringements for free speech by leftists. Though the right has a whole industry of people getting talk shows and book deals to moan about how nobody gives them a platform.
Meanwhile, if you express a left-wing view, almost no mainstream media source will touch you and if you criticize Israel, you get your career ended for alleged anti-Semitism.
It's a (deliberately) flaky term that can mean anyone being fired from their job, losing an advertiser, or getting criticized mildly on Twitter. It usually involves someone somewhat right-wing saying something slightly racist and then complaining about being 'canceled' and about how their 'free-speech' is violated because someone criticized them.
You will hear about how professor A got banned from speaking at a university 'just for expressing an opinion and about how the 'woke mob' are 'creating a 'new fascism' and are 'intolerant'. Then you read into the story a bit from another source and find out the professor was merely disinvited to a speaking event for about thirty people and that he said homosexuality was a mental illness.
I exaggerate slightly. The point is that I've come across right-wing people moaning about being 'canceled' 99% more than I've seen actual infringements for free speech by leftists. Though the right has a whole industry of people getting talk shows and book deals to moan about how nobody gives them a platform.
Meanwhile, if you express a left-wing view, almost no mainstream media source will touch you and if you criticize Israel, you get your career ended for alleged anti-Semitism.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M