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FYI - Cancel Culture is not a new thing that the 'liberal democrats' are doing. It has been around as long as I can remember -- brought to me by James Dobson/Focus on The Family and similar bully organizations who regularly sent me mailings instructing me to boycott, ban, or otherwise cancel everything from TV shows to musicians. Off the top of my head, here are a few things I remember as being unworthy of consumption by ANYONE, especially 'Good Christian People'. Even Christian musicians and authors were removed from the shelves of some Christian bookstores if they weren't squeaky clean or if their work didn't line up with an approved version of Christian theology.
Saturday Night Live (every other week pretty much)
Kiss
Prince
Stryper (you can't be a Christian and play hard rock)
TV Commercials (for various reasons)
Any vinyl albums that allegedly had 'backward masking'
Judy Blume Books
Dungeons and Dragons
Harry Potter Books
Anything Astrology
Anything Muslim
Halloween
Haunted Houses
Ellen Degeneres
Sesame Street (for various crimes)
Sandy Patty
Amy Grant
Ray Boltz (he came out as gay OH MY GOD!)
The Golden Compass film
Brian McClaren
Rob Bell
The Message Bible
The NIV translation of the Bible
Feel free to add any that you remember!
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TechRider (Mélange)
It just hasn't been as prevalent as it is now for decades. Prior to today, and long before the term "cancel culture" was coined, there was the Hollywood Blacklist in which scores of people in the entertainment industry and other public figures were publicly denounced by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for their real or suspected (or imagined) Communist associations or other "subversive activities."
HUAC was a unit of the US House of Representatives, and it wielded the power of government to force Hollywood, Broadway, sporting concerns, and the media to effectively ban targeted individuals. Those blacklisted were denied positive (or even neutral) media coverage, and they were prevented from gaining relevant employment using their known skills and talents. In short, they were canceled.
The difference is that the Hollywood Blacklist was not made of cancellations spurred by public outrage. Instead, it was a list generated by elected bullies and based on frequently unfounded suspicions, gross exaggerations, and politically motivated denouncements on top of the minority of accusations that actually turned out to be true.
Yes. Very true.
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Waifusaurus Rex
I remember growing up it was Pokemon. I had some cousins who came over and I had to hide my Pokemon stuff so they wouldn't be, tempted? I guess? Also had a friend that wasn't allowed to watch Lord of the Rings. CANCELLED!
It's so ridiculous the stuff that these folks cancel...And then complain about their BS being canceled!
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Cailea
Dungeons & Dragons
They even made a movie about it, called Mazes and Monsters. XD