Is cancel culture even real?

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Personally I don’t think it’s real but I do believe it shows awareness of a certain Activities and behaviors

MCheetah · Accepted Answer

I got involved to answer this question, but was mostly going to ignore it, because I didn't feel like getting involved in some negative shit today (enough to actually make me curse), but here we go...

Cancel Culture is 100% real, and even isn't a recent thing. This shit literally existed over 300 years ago in Salem, Massachusetts, when they were burning women for no reason by calling them witches. It existed in the 1960s through McCarthyism. It existed during the 70s in the Cold War with the Soviet scare. It's always been a thing.

Advocating for living in a society where there is no forgiveness and one slight "offense" to a bunch of nameless internet dickheads from something you did 13 years ago is enough to destroy your life is Communist China level shit and I have ZERO respect for anyone who believes in it. Seriously, FUCK YOU if you believe in that shit. You're a total piece of shit with no empathy and no one deserves to treat you with any respect. That makes you a piece of shit with a God complex, and the one mostly likely to think they won't get cancelled, when in reality, Cancel Culture doesn't care what allegiances you have, because it's all about power and subjection.

Cancel Culture has nothing to do with "admitting to mistakes" because half the time, they aren't even actual mistakes. Someone said something someone didn't like, and they decide to end their career because they got ass-blasted over it, like saying you voted for Donald Trump, or that Critical Race Theory is toxic and racist, or that children shouldn't be allowed to undergo transitional hormone therapy. Or any other shit that isn't part of the far-left, Marxist Great Reset woke bullshit status quo. You want fuckin' "1984"? Cause that's how you get fuckin' "1984." (Not that it hasn't already been here since 2014.)

The only thing that isn't real about Cancel Culture, is who is controlling it. Most people don't give a fuck about the crap that cancel culture targets, like banning Doctor Seuss books or trying to call Tolkien "a white supremacist" because he didn't write trans-lesbians of color into Lord of the Rings. It is controlled by corporations doing astroturfing by pretending to be "regular everyday people" on the internet getting riled up by this. A few idiots usually take the bait and feign offense as well, and the media, who are usually in on it, then blow it out of proportion.

In other words, corporations and the media are working together to use this shit to exert power and control. They did it to Alex Jones. They did it to Milo Yiannopoulos. They did it to James Gunn, but because he's a woke Nazi, he got a free pass. They did it to Roseanne. They TRIED to do it to Robert Downey Jr, Chris Pratt, and Gina Carano, and failed miserably. They did it to that Central Park Karen, right before the whole George Floyd bullshit happened. They fucking Cancel Nuked the SHIT out of Derek Chauvin to the point he had a complete kangaroo court. And now they're doing it to YOU; actual everyday people.

The biggest irony in me writing ALL of this, is that I'm a misanthrope and generally think 95% of humanity are selfish, dumb sacks of shit who contribute nothing to the greater whole of humanity. And yet, even *I* am against Cancel Culture, while supposed "virtuous" trans-allies and LGBT-etc woketivists on social media are the ones retarded enough to get duped by the Kathleen Kennedy's of the world, and Levar Burton dipshits, who want to call it "consequence culture."

No. Engaging in mob justice instigated by a 50 cent army at Lucasfilm trying to pretend to be a bunch of angry civilians about some snowflake-level bullshit like Doctor Seuss quite LITERALLY makes you no better than the Nazis. Only difference is, the Germans following World War I were broke, destitute, and desperate for any bit of economic power they could get. You (not OP, but anyone supporting this) are a First-world snowflake with a life so pampered and soft, you can comb through a fucking decade of social media posts in order to try to end some stranger's career because Kathleen Kennedy or Mark Zuckerberg's goons told you to. That makes you LITERALLY worse than the fuckin' Nazis. Something I'm sure you won't care about, since everyone is a Nazi to Cancel Culture dipshits.

Cancel Culture is disgusting. It's shitty. And it's amoral. A society without empathy and forgiveness isn't a society at all. It's the fucking Holocaust. And that's what they tried to cancel Gina Carano for. We need to tell these people to "eat shit" and go about our business. You can all shove that "consequence culture" dildo up your asses.

RANT OVER.

AmeerX · Accepted Answer

It is real

CrotchRot · Accepted Answer

Yep, though it's really just a name they gave to a phenomenon that's going on where people try to silence others because they either disagree or become triggered.

It's like the internet's version of a face-to-face Karen, though can also lead to F2F Karenism.

People these days are SO weird. In some of the women's groups I follow, they will legit shame a woman for posting "body positive" pics of herself. The problem with the body positive pic? The woman that posted it is not fat.

They excoriated this woman for appropriating the body positive tag which, according to these Karens, is reserved for "big women."

Like, what the eff? Who made up this stupid rule and why are you telling this skinny lady that she needs to off herself (not kidding you) because she posted a pic of herself along with the tag of being body positive.

Or, another problem I run across in my Wicca groups is these white Karens will completely annihilate anyone posting pictures of DREAMCATCHERS if, and get this... if they are not Native.

Uhh, wtf?

It's "cultural appropriation," these white Karens will scream. I say white Karens because I have yet to see any colored women give a damn.

And when a Native chimes in that Natives REALLY don't care if other races use dreamcatchers, that person will catch flak too.

They will demand that the person be kicked out of the group, as well as anyone sticking up for them (which is why I'm not in the groups anymore).

So, yes, it's really real and it's really stupid and has gotten to an absolutely ridiculous level.

Gwenhwyfar · Accepted Answer

It’s real. But not necessarily a bad thing. It’s analogous to the old Amish practice of shunning people the community felt were bad or evil. There’s nothing illegal or nefarious about cancel culture. It’s your First Amendment right not to associate with people you don’t want to (as long as you don’t discriminate for an invidious reason or against a protected class, but that’s a whole different discussion).

Also Bear in mind that I’m a lawyer and I can usually find a credible defense for either side of a debate.

Crazybeeguy · Answer

It is, just because you never have to worry about it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. The high profile cancels is what you see in the media. You don't see the common guy that has an oppinion, and the women hunts down a veteren and gets him fired because she felt insulted. He's just an idiot, but he faught for her to be free. When he was free, she tracked him down and tried to get him fired. Definition of fascism 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.  Sounds pretty forceful suppression of freedom of speech. Protected by the 1st amendment.

Anonymous · Answer

If you have ever called an idea that has been considered popular by the mainstream media into question then you will see this cancel culture in place.

People will try to get you fired from your job, some feminists even admitted this to me as sort of a “well ladies, you know what to do” sort of thing. All I did was ask how they know we live in a patriarchy because certain things that supposedly only happen to women doesn’t necessarily mean that the world is run by men. I just laughed at them because I never update my profile on social media so they’re going to have to work to find out my personal information.

I also see a lot of people I watch on YouTube who make similar arguments against wokeness slowly get scrubbed off the platform. For what reason, they claim the platform doesn’t tell them, gives them something made up or is vague and I’ll-defined like “hate speech”. None of these people are racists, sexists whatever so it sickens me that they get this treatment

Leavesbound · Answer

it clearly exists and is usually misguided by poorly educated people. For example, when they were yanking down statues a woman who helped to pull down a statue of Abraham Lincoln said the reason was because he was a founding father and all founding fathers owned slaves. She had no idea he was the one who freed her ancestors. On another occasion a different group pulled down a statue of John Adams, an ancestor of mine and that person gave the exact same answer. John Adams, second president not only never owned slaves but was an early abolitionist who was disgusted when he found out the White House was being built by forced labor and he complained to congress about it. He is also responsible for convincing George Washington to will his slaves their freedom and almost did the same with Jefferson who actually couldn't free his slaves because he was so far in debt that his bankers put liens on all his slaves.

Qdbrown · Answer

Yes, very real. There are people out there that want people who don't agree with them to burn, lose their job, lose their home, life and sanity. They want people they don't agree with suffer a thousand miseries.

Celebrities and notable people may just lose their popularity, but locals can lose so much just being suspected of being apart of the otherside. And to some degree there has always been vindictive people since the beginning of time, but now it's a way of life. Attack your opponents any way you can and sleep better knowing you can mess them up on mere political or philosophical beliefs.

NaultD · Answer

It's a thing but it's nothing new. It's been there from the stone age. People get shunned out of social groups all the time. Like religion, crimes, just being weird and then multiple subcultures was created and so on and so forth.

One of the better processes has been "due process." This is where the discourse is in my opinion. Internet cancel culture to me is an antagonizing boycott that people have the right to do. Anti cancel culture individual think people's rights are taken away without due process. But socially shunned is not legally defended. Otherwise boycotting is compromised.

It's getting weird when an individual persona is being sold as a commodity as content. Free speech as a right? Sure, they can sell it too as a secondary right. Can i tell people don't buy garbage material? that should be apart of free speech. That's where I'm at.

rjroy3 · Answer

Yes it's real lol. Cancel culture is the premise that if you disagree with the group think the mob will seek to extradite you from society by means of going after your ability to make a living.

The mob has specifically targeted multiple people by going after their sponsors (source of income) and many have simply moved to New platforms that weren't so reliant on sponsors and instead live off subscriptions from their fans.

Others were unable to do that and fell by the wayside. This is readily available public knowledge. You personally may not care at those getting canceled but it has been happening.

Some people have decided to fall in line rather than face persecution.

genericname85 · Answer

i think it's real. i mean look at the most famous example pewdiepie. he did something as a joke that seems racist if seen out of context. and who knows him knows he's not a racist. he got cancelled hard. there was a media shitstorm and he lost his disney cooperation. i mean he's still rich but he did get cancelled. so cancel culture is a thing. and i would claim it's rarely a positive one. just a reaction to sensational, sometimes bullshit news. sometimes a legit reaction to scandalous things. but then again scandalous things that do still happen do not get the "cancel" treatment for some reason i don't understand.

dolemite89 · Answer

i hate when people try to brush it off like it’s not real. Their argument is always that people and things have always been cancelled over time so it’s nothing new which i find to be a straw man of the argument. Yes things have been cancelled for numerous things over time so cancelling things is nothing new if you don’t like the term “cancel culture” but the argument is that within the last decade or so the cancelling has progressively gotten worse and things are being cancelled for more frivolous reasons that aren’t even offensive.
For example, the store trader joe’s has mexican and Asian style cuisine they named trader jose’s and trader ming’s. that there has been a petition to have them changed to something that isn’t “insensitive to minorities”. Seriously? No hispanic or Asian people were offended by that it was only smug, upper middle class white kids with liberal arts degrees from Berkeley.

InfobotLives · Answer

It has always existed to some degree but it is infinitely more powerful now than ever before thanks to the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Careers are ended in an instant over unsubstantiated allegations. Allegations get so much attention online that businesses are terrified of going against the tide and so they cancel the person at the centre of the allegations, removing their employment and income. Cancel culture is essentially online mob rule in action.

The_Other · Answer

Yes it absolutely is real...
The government cancels people all the time for whistle blowing. Just look at Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange etc... I'm sure there are a lot more people we haven't heard off because they got vanished for knowing too much.

007kingifrit · Answer

of course its real, the internet has become a standing mob of people LOOKING for reasons to be offended and their offense is always disingenous to push a political agenda

left wingers are free to say what they want until they disagree with the zeitgeist of the left. then they are punished

there are roving mobs of left wingers looking for the work credentials of anyone who disagrees with them to attack their employment, and to silence political disagreement

people in hollywood are scared to do stand up comedy, anyone who doesn't voice the far left's opinion will be attacked.

cancel culture (cultural marxism) may not get everyone, but it tries, and it is dangerous

NoLookingAtSoleil · Answer

Most certainly,

In Belgium they cancel every real moment of love you could experience - half of it by their emotional baggage of abortions since young age being normalised (the pill and sex with their fathers or brothers (, the other half by wanting you to make an appointment so they can get money from you (by which time you are depressed since she is banging 3 ir 4 more guys, that's why she needs appointments made)

It's the abortion culture, not cancel course, by the way. Abortions as a given/regular thing make them then cancel everything as consequence (once it hits them over the gead what they have actually done by taking the pill and getting guyS to cum inside - and Flemish girls, greedy whores they are, love it/keep doing it)

Rennitenn · Answer

What do you mean? You get callled out for shit from a decade ago that is not even really all that bad. I dont care whatever some wack job virtue signaler thinks. Theyre always the ones caught wearing balck face later when the rules have changed. What is "not even real" mean? It it real when you lose your career? Or ostrasized for waering a bad Halloween costume.

Racism is the thing you should be questioning it's value as far as reality goes. Because it's not what these fools act like it is. They're the biggest racists you'll ever meet. That's their currency. they need racism to trade. it's disgusting, I'm talking about left-wing racists. It is so damn obvious.

cloud9vortex1234 · Answer

Yes, it's real and it's not new. The online part of it is more of a new phenomenon. People have gotten their career ruined over some really dumb stuff. I can see why people would be offended over some comments, but ruining someone's career over some of these things is dumb and not right. I think in order to make this less of a thing you really have to hit the corporations in the wallet like boycotting them. Just because some of these SJW Asswipes can do it doesn't mean the other side can't do it. The NBA is already having some of its all-time low ratings probably because of Hypocrite Lebron.

Waldoe · Answer

Too Real and very sad. reminds me of McCarthyism
Mc·Car·thy·ism
/məˈkärTHēˌizəm/
a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations.
a vociferous campaign against alleged "communists" in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.
a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations.
"he practiced McCarthyism long before there was a McCarthy"

ODC2112 · Answer

Anyone who thinks it's not real is usually someone who supports it.
The culture of cancellation is not a new thing. It is rooted in all Protestant societies, especially in evangelical ones. It is nothing more than a set of stigmatizations, shaming and other manipulative practices aimed at annihilating anyone who opposes the "true truth". None of those who apply such tactics will ever admit to doing them, because they are good and right, while the others are wrong and evil.

Chthou95 · Answer

It's real. Now if person did a horrible crime or something illegal then yes obviously there's no doubt cancel culture is acceptable. But you can also be canceled for the stupidest shit ever. Like having different opinions that don't align with your narrative or canceling someone for freedom of speech and offending you just because they don't support certain movements for example like not supporting blm and having valid reasons for why you don't support it, will you get you canceled. Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right

slatyb · Answer

I think it's real when adults are being ostracized for things they posted in their teens, or for things that are being taken out of context. Mark Twain is not a racist because he wrote a book about racism and some of the people in his book say the n-word.

captain_voidwalker · Answer

There are people who have lost access to bank accounts over cancel culture ita extremely real. And it needs to be stopped. You can have different opinions in a free society but you still need to be able to function in said society. If you want to live in a society where your government and big businesses can dictate what you can say and what you can do, move to China get the fuck out of the USA

Feelicks · Answer

"Cancel culture" is just witch hunting by a new name. Perfect for the self righteous neo puritanical wokester cult.

The problem with mob rule is that accusations are punished before verification, and when no seemingly valid sacrifice can be found, the uncivilized mob turns on minor dissidents within it's own ranks.

hellionthesagereborn · Answer

Do we have a culture that is now hunting down people, going through their accounts and everything they have ever said or ever done to find an excuse to destroy their careers? Yes. Ergo their is a cancel culture, a culture that wishes to have people who say things that the mob doesn't like to be canceled i. e. lose their jobs, lose their platforms, be removed from society.

xxvagabondman · Answer

It is VERY real
and VERY active
as a way to silence voices

Originally I believe it was build upon a Justified cause of removing negative influencers
but it was quickly hijacked as a way to silence any dissidents.

We see it practiced in entertainment, sports, news media, politics, corporations... etc

gotc147 · Answer

Of course it exists, Helen Keller could see it exists. It used to be called "mob rule", you go against the mob you get ruined.

DarcRefractions · Answer

if you wanna be part of mainstream America yes. because corprtation wants left dollars and right dollars so they gotta play both sides.

but a left wing person can't cancel a right wing person. only a right wing can do that.

David_Kek · Answer

How can you believe that something isn't real and shows awareness of a certain Activities and behaviors? Things that don't exist logically don't have effects.

Cancel culture is very much real, being ideologies go to response in pushing their false dogmas. People are routinely deplatformed and blacklisted for holding views the host disagrees with, whether that host is Facebook, the BBC or a University department. Have you been living under a rock?

Kabluie · Answer

Just look at Chris Harrison from The Bachelor series. He got cancelled by his own peers on Good Morning America when Michael Strahan didn't even believe his apology. Now he's gone from the show permanently.

legalboxers · Answer

Nope. Its something made up by the FAR RIGHT who has nothing to bitch and whine about and blame the Democrats and Liberals for altering "Mr. Potatohead" and "Dr. Seuss" because they got nothing to run on or anything else so when they find some bullshit their base can eat like a kid in a carnival, they will throw it at them...

ChefPapiChulo · Answer

cancel culture has always been around lol. people just give it a name so they have a more visible enemy.

krin_m · Answer

Only in the minds of people who think they should never be questioned, not matter what they say or do!
Having said that, I'm all for cancelling bizarre conspiracy theorists (QAnon), violent insurrectionists, sex-trafficking pedophiles, and people who want to tell me what my religion should be.

oldasIfeel22 · Answer

It shows “awareness” of certain activities? I can give you countless examples of how one way and disgusting unfair it is. We could start with Gina Carano and how Disney fired her JUST because she posted on Instagram she is a conservative.

AmandaYVR · Answer

It's real.

supercutebutt · Answer

YES It is real.

sawno · Answer

Its real as long as platforms are censoring and completely banning people (even from their banking) for their political opinions.

rc321 · Answer

It's more of an awareness in the change of culture and times. As with any generation ideology changes and correctness evolves. Social media and travel has informed more people from every parts of the world as to what terms we can or cannot use.

jshm2 · Answer

It's not a movement, if that's what you're thinking.  Like UFO's, everyone has a story that happened "to a friend" that involved them getting "cancelled" for holding a view or stating an opinion.

Mangospacho · Answer

You can’t talk about cancel culture because it doesn’t exist. Also, if you talk about cancel culture existing then you will be cancelled since cancel culture doesn’t exist.

Anonymous · Answer

Obviously it is real, though calling it a culture is absurd, is an all out war.

Dazed0N0Confused · Answer

Any statues that were built during Jim Crow to intimidate African americans should be removed, because the war was LONG LOST. The Confederate killed Union, the flag is for traitors of the union.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

I think it's very real. There's a difference between holding someone accountable for the past and being unwilling to see that people change.

Guanfei · Answer

It is real. It's so real in fact that even those who were using it before are starting to speak against it, because now they're the target of the weapon they liked to use before.

Archerer · Answer

It's blown out of proportion by the right. And it's hypocritical because they always spout free speech and hate on "offended" liberals, yet it is them getting offended and fighting against free speech lmao. They ae so dumb

Celtero · Answer

Duh, just because people who disagree with your worldview are the ones getting cancelled doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

hahahmm · Answer

Yes, because there's 'group think' among those who believe they know best and want to stifle discussion/talk they don't like.

Anonymous · Answer

It's about as real as real gets. Don't you watch the news?

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

It's real but it can be toxic and this is why you never ever apologize on the internet because you will be dragged into it deeper and deeper.

Enigma69 · Answer

if you disagree with the MSM narrative and question their facts, then you get canceled. They dont like voices of dissent.

FýrdracaDócincel · Answer

Exactly. Things like respect and good vs poor treatment are subjective. Unfortunately we have a bunch of fuckwits who like to pretend that it isn't.

OnTheLevel · Answer

It's obviously a real attempt to destroy the livelihood of people who don't share liberal beliefs

Anonymous · Answer

In my opinion, no. Nowadays we have labels for almost everyone and everything
I've noticed that this term is mainly used to excuse "problematic" behavior by certain celebrities.. Poor people don't get any second chances or can afford to make mistakes, so why should celebrities be able to get away with anything, just because they're rich, famous or good-looking

Anonymous · Answer

It's overblown bullshit trumptards fear monger about. Everything with those retards is turned into a culture war issue.

Anonymous · Answer

Unless you have your head firmly implanted up your own ass it should be blindly obvious that it's real.

MACTEP · Answer

Unfortunately it's a reality of today that destroys this great country

MannMitAntworten · Answer

It is real to them. Me, I am indifferent to the foot stomping as I tune out whinny temper-tantrum children.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. Look at all the people who get banned and shouldn’t be. Look at all the boycotts. The people who don’t see it or don’t think it’s a problem are the people who push it most.

Jaysonava · Answer

The sentiment is. No the actual canceling of public figures

Anonymous · Answer

Only for famous people in america. For normal people No. Noone give a f about you. It is extrem rare that you go somehow viral. So stop being paranoid about getting canceled

Anonymous · Answer

No. It was never a problem until it started destroying conservative racists. As long as they had the power to cancel poor, minorities, and others they deemed undesirable. It was just called AMERICA

Anonymous · Answer

Then why dont you post your full name and address here. along with a photo and your place of employment. We'll prove how real it is

SlightlyEccentric · Answer

Its very real and very active

Sonorous · Answer

It has real impacts in life, so it is real.

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