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This absolutely nails how right-wingers pretend to be oppressed, besieged minorities (Original Post) Soph0571 Aug 2020 OP
Not to mention that most people live with "cancel culture" every day... JHB Aug 2020 #1

JHB

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1. Not to mention that most people live with "cancel culture" every day...
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 09:04 AM
Aug 2020

...except in their lives it's called "at-will employment" and conservatives usually think that's the way it ought to be.

It's like conservative celebrities moaning about how they're supposedly "blacklisted" by "liberal Hollywood" when they're living in a system that is exactly what they want as conservatives: no guarantees, no job security, and if the person doing the hiring doesn't care for you, they'll hire someone else.

For that matter, conservatives have actively encouraged "cancelling" the mainstream media and any other outlet that does not actively cheerlead their views.

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