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The thing I hate about articles like this is that they imply that "cancel culture" was ever a legitimate thing and that Republicans actually cared about it. It was a made up term by them to target something that was making them look bad.
I'm struggling to articulate what I mean, but by suggesting that they've flipped sides, so to speak, gives credence to the original idea that it was a thing. I get it, and I think it's important to highlight the hypocrisy, but it still bugs me.
"cancel culture" IS a legitimate thing, and "conservatives" have been the leading perpetrator for thousands of years.
Their culture wars against gays, trans, "DEI" is "cancel culture". As always, they're projecting and conflating the consequences of being a piece of shit with freedom of speech — from government oppression — as their regimes also attack all anti fascist speech en masse.
Remember when conservatives banned sesame street for being "offensive" for having an intergated cast? Pepperidge Farm remembers.