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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConservatives always act like they are getting 'canceled' based on a mere difference in opinion
But There is difference between not liking someone or canceling them because they have a different opinion on an issue from not liking them or canceling them because they are hateful & mean people.....every time conservatives find themselves getting canceled they bring up the former and call us triggered when its really the latter.....ironically they are the ones who do the canceling based on the former
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)and those that disagree with them,and entitled to STFU or convert.
Their 1st Amendment are absolute, they should be protected from the consequences of their speech.
Usual fascist attitude.
sop
(10,105 posts)no matter how misinformed, offensive or destructive. Now it's this "cancel culture" crappola.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)The rest of us need to move on, progress forward, and ignore the rantings of these miscreant simpletons.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Squinch
(50,918 posts)for their vile actions.
When you act horribly, no one wants to be associated with you. The solution is to stop acting like monsters.
Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)We do not live in a reality television show. No one is cancelled. When shows are cancelled, it's because no one is watching crappy programming. It's economics--not enough eyeballs watching the ads that pay for the show.
Facing consequences for your words and deeds is accountability. Doing the time for the crime is not being cancelled.
It has nothing to do with personal like or dislike of the man. It's not about the man at all. It's about eh Office, and the abuse of that office in the most egregious ways.
They so identify with the ex racist misogynist dictator in chief, they take every accurate observation as a personal criticism. They take offense because they know they are offensive. It's their whole MO. Offend others, and dare them to be offended.
I've never hated other people for simply existing. THose still supporting sedition and insurrection and lawlessness deserve hatred. They are vile and evil.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Bettie
(16,076 posts)means freedom from consequences or disagreement.
They're wrong, but try to tell them that....oh, wait, if you tell them that, you are "cancelling" them. WTF?