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Cancel Culture Is Helping Marxists Achieve Their Revolution in the West Without the Bloodshed
Cancel culture is sometimes mistaken as the central problem in the life of the West. This happens, I have noticed, more among our U.K. cousins than stateside. Cancel culture, however, is merely a tool, the enforcement mechanism with which the woke left retains the cultural territory it has conquered. The central problem facing citizens of…Mike Gonzalez -
Bank Account Deplatforming Is Cancel Culture’s New Weapon
Canada’s Trudeau administration said it will punish the truckers who participated in the anti-vaccine mandate “Freedom Convoy” by freezing their bank accounts. Although the United States government isn’t yet sanctioning this practice here, bank deplatforming against those who oppose leftists is becoming more and more frequent, nonetheless. On Feb. 14, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia…Annelise Butler -
‘Be Courageous, Speak Out’: Ex-NBC Sportscaster Tafoya Assails Cancel Culture
Former NBC sportscaster Michele Tafoya spoke out strongly against cancel culture on Friday in remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. Tafoya, who retired from NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” after this year’s Super Bowl, said she wanted to add her voice to a world that needs more courage to speak out without…Maggie Hroncich -
Appeals to ‘Cancel Culture’ Have Limits
The metastasis of the woke ideology, which seeps through our moribund body politic like a cancer, has shocked the conscience of many who still cling to the idea of America as a liberal bastion. One of the woke ideology’s more prevalent symptoms, the phenomenon known as “cancel culture,” has perhaps been disproportionately effective in radicalizing…Josh Hammer -
The Cancel Culture Double Standard
Whoopi Goldberg, suspended for two weeks by ABC for her comments about the Holocaust, had an opinion. She, like many people these days, is unable to properly contextualize history or see it outside her own contemporary leftist worldview. But Goldberg is a talk show host with no power. No one is really “hurt” by her…David Harsanyi -
Tweet About Superman’s Bisexual Son Has Professor Fighting Against Cancel Culture
“What if Christian parents of children reading comic books don’t want their kids exposed to bisexual characters?” Sophia Nelson thought it was a reasonable question in the wake of DC Comics’ announcement that Superman’s son, Jon Kent, would have a pink-haired boyfriend in an upcoming comic. Nelson, a scholar-in-residence at Christopher Newport University in Virginia…Rob Bluey -
New Database Documents Campus Cancel Culture
Cancel culture is endemic on college campuses. Every day come stories of professors, speakers, and students who run afoul of the radical left and suffer the consequences. With the frequency of these incidents, it can be difficult to keep track. The College Fix, the news site dedicated to providing a conservative perspective on news from…Douglas Blair -
The New Victim of Cancel Culture: Science
Cancel culture has reared its ugly head once again, and this time in a new and unprecedented way. A lecture by a physicist was canceled at one of America’s premier institutions of science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for reasons having nothing to do with the subject of the lecture. The lecture was canceled not because…Star Parker -
Long Arm of Cancel Culture Comes for Knitting
The word “knitting” normally evokes quaint images of grandma sitting in her rocking chair by the fireplace, needles and yarn in hand, as she makes a pair of mittens for her grandchildren to wear while they play in the snow. Less likely are images of self-appointed social justice warriors demanding fealty to a cause as…Douglas Blair -
New Social Media Platform Gettr Says No to Cancel Culture, Yes to Free Speech
Amid the debates over Big Tech companies and censorship, a new social media platform has emerged to champion free speech. The platform Gettr officially launched July 4 with a mission of “fighting cancel culture, promoting commonsense, defending free speech, challenging social media monopolies, and creating a true marketplace of ideas,” according to the platform’s website….Virginia Allen -
7 Ways to Survive Cancel Culture
As a black conservative for more than 40 years, I’m an expert on being canceled. I was canceled by the political left long before cancel culture was all the rage. If there’s one thing liberals and leftists dislike more than a conservative, it’s a black conservative. Liberal America doesn’t want to hear from African American…Kay C. James -
Cancel Culture Comes for All: How 10-Year-Old Tweets Cost This Journalist Her Job
Alexi McCammond, 27, was widely considered an up-and-coming young journalist after her time working as a political commentator for Axios news. She had been hired as the new editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue magazine and was all set to start, before it was revealed that she had made some tweets that many considered anti-Asian and homophobic…Douglas Blair -
Some Liberals Are Getting Sick of Cancel Culture
A mounting discontent with “cancel culture” is emerging, even in some liberal circles. On a recent episode of “Real Time,” host Bill Maher dedicated a monologue to the cancel culture phenomenon. Maher is very much a man of the left, and of course used some of his time to attack Republicans. But he also noted…Jarrett Stepman -
We Hear You: Cancel Culture Reaches a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience isn't happy about a star of Disney+'s "Star Wars" prequel series "The Mandalorian" being fired for her conservative-leaning posts on social media. Here's a sampling, with some related mail. Don't hesitate to write about our coverage to [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Regarding Douglas Blair's commentary, I think what…Ken McIntyre -
Is the Wisdom of Homer Immune to Cancel Culture?
Amid the current hysteria of toppling statues and renaming things, we keep mindlessly expanding the cancel culture. We are now seeing efforts to ban classics of Western and American literature. These hallowed texts are suddenly being declared racist or sexist by preening moralists. Or, as one Massachusetts high school teacher recently boasted on social media,…Victor Davis Hanson -
Cancel Culture Comes for America’s National Monuments
The nation’s monuments are under fire from the progressive left. A new report commissioned by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recommends that the federal government “remove, relocate, or contextualize” the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and six other statues and monuments. Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal and author of “The War on History:…Virginia Allen -
‘Philadelphia Statement’ Defends Free Speech From Cancel Culture
Asserting that cancel culture has put freedom of expression in crisis, a statement initially signed by 45 prominent individuals from universities, think tanks, and other organizations asserts that expressing “ideas we find offensive is not an act of ‘violence.’” Called the Philadelphia Statement, the 845-word document says in part: If we seek to change our…Fred Lucas -
Republicans and Democrats Agree on Need to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’
Seeing the rise of “cancel culture” can lead one to despair. But don’t believe the hype. Virtue is not being canceled. Most Americans, in fact, believe forgiveness is an essential part of a just society. Consider a recent survey by the Cato Institute. It revealed that 49% of all Americans say cancel culture is negative….Angela Sailor -
A New York Times Columnist Falls to the Cancel Culture
New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss is the latest victim of the cancel culture, resigning after what she calls bullying by more liberal colleagues at the newspaper. Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast, joins today’s show to talk about Weiss’ resignation,…Rachel del Guidice -
Problematic Women: Cancel Culture Comes for Goya Foods and Ronald Reagan
Canned beans and frozen maduros are the left’s latest victims of so-called cancel culture. Robert Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods, offered remarks at the White House for the June 10 signing of the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, a project meant to improve Hispanic Americans’ access to education. Unanue complimented President Donald Trump, calling him “a builder,” and…Virginia Allen