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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 11:00 AM Oct 2019

Outrage culture & cancel culture





cancel culture




Bill O'Reilly's grand merde: The Fox News host's ludicrous "boycott" of France became the model for a career built on lies
As Bill O'Reilly's TV career implodes, let's remember the time he claimed to have crippled the French economy

https://www.salon.com/2017/04/19/bill-oreillys-grand-faux-pas-the-fox-news-hosts-ludicrous-boycott-of-france-became-the-model-for-a-career-built-on-lies/

Country superstars the Dixie Chicks have been dropped from many US radio playlists after one of the singers criticised President Bush's stance on Iraq.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2867221.stm

Sports of The Times; The Hall of Fame Will Tolerate No Dissent
By Ira Berkow

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/sports/sports-of-the-times-the-hall-of-fame-will-tolerate-no-dissent.html

I don't know I am posting this thread except that I get tired of people of complaining of "outrage culture" from the left as to why they can't do anything creative like the Joker film creator who stopped making comedies because of the left. Go ahead make another Hangover or Will Ferrell movie.

‘Joker’ Director Todd Phillips Says ‘Woke Culture’ Made Him Leave Comedies
https://heroichollywood.com/joker-todd-phillips-quit-comedies/
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Outrage culture & cancel culture (Original Post) JonLP24 Oct 2019 OP
Cancel culture sucks. Dr. Strange Oct 2019 #1
What power do individuals have to cancel a celebrity career? el_bryanto Oct 2019 #2

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
2. What power do individuals have to cancel a celebrity career?
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 12:51 PM
Oct 2019

Limited at best, unless they have made themselves vulnerable by committing bad actions or actions that are seen as bad by corporate media. A lot of celebrities complaining about cancel culture are still able to put out stuff if they choose to.

Bryant
http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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