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About Cancelling the Commies
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About Cancelling the Commies

Wrestling with when and when not to cancel

I wrestle with the issue of “right-wing cancelling” — when and when not to cancel Commies, Hamas Nazis etc. when they say or do outrageous things.

Here are some well thought out posts on different sides of this issue. The first especially links to other posts relevant to this topic.

Postcards From Barsoom
Cancelling Cancellers vs Cancelling Cancellation
Out of a combination of a desire to avoid audience capture and incorrigible ADHD, I don’t usually like to revisit the same topic twice in a row. My qualified endorsement of Right Wing Cancel Squads last week, however, kicked up a storm of controversy ... or at any rate got used by multiple authors as an exemplar of that storm of controversy. S…
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We're Not At the End, But You Can See It From Here
All's Fair In Love And War
A major controversy erupted in the day or so following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Thousands of left-wing Americans took to social media and posted, in one way or another, a mix of glee over the fact the former president was nearly murdered and disappointment over the fact he wa…
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Further Up
To Cancel, Or Not to Cancel?
Most of you will remember the case of Kyle Rittenhouse—the teenager who saw a Wisconsin town on fire, brought a gun to see if he could help, and ended up killing two men in self-defense. This instantly made him a cause célèbre for conservatives and a target for the left. And it wasn’t just Rittenhouse himself in the crosshairs. When the teenager began crowdfunding for his legal defense, there was a sudden intense interest in who was donating to him. A watchdog group obtained a list of names, including a police officer named William Kelly. Kelly gave $25 anonymously with the message “God bless. Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up. You’ve done nothing wrong. Every rank and file police officer supports you. Don’t be discouraged by actions of the political class of law enforcement leadership…
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