How Cancel Culture Collapsed
Huff PostMaddie Abuyuan / HuffPost; Rich Polk / Stringer via Getty Images; Kevin Winter / Getty Images Where We Lost The Thread On Cancel Culture A lack of organization, rules and nuance have long plagued our ritualized public scorn. It wasn’t that cancel culture shouldn’t have addressed the sexual misconduct allegations against the actor stemming from his behavior on a date with a young woman in 2017. No one can offer an opinion or ask a question ― however valid ― about cancel culture without risking being just as quickly canceled. As Mishan wrote, cancel culture “has neither leaders nor membership,” which makes it entirely futile to raise issues as fundamental as navigating murkier cases or questioning the ever-illusive rules. And yet people wonder why cancel culture isn’t taken seriously.
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"Feedback effects": The real censorship caused by fake "cancel culture" outrage
Salon
No one cares anymore about cancel culture, but it is a heckuva marketing tool for some comics
Salon
Cancel Culture Shouldn't Be So Permanent
Huff Post
What Cancel Culture Was Meant To Be
Huff Post
The rise and fall of cancel culture in comedy
LA Times
‘Cancel Culture’ Becomes Entertaining at the New York Times
Politico
The Internet Gave Rise to 'Cancel Culture OCD'
Wired
Will someone tell John Cleese that ‘cancel culture’ is a meaningless term?
The Independent
64% of Americans view ‘cancel culture’ as mounting threat to freedom
The Independent
The fake and the real in American cancel culture
Al Jazeera
Can We Please Stop Talking About Cancel Culture?
Huff Post
John Cleese rails against cancel culture: ‘It's this pathetic idea that people can’t stand up for themselves’
The Independent
Everywhere and nowhere: The many layers of ‘cancel culture’
Associated Press
Column: Cancel culture is as American as apple pie
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