What you’re doing here is disentangling the act of cancelling from its politicization. And I think this is such an important message for everyone — even conservatives who may not realize the reason they’re defending the people they’re defending.
Yes! I called it "weaponization", but that's exactly what I meant. And re: conservatives, yes, the worst examples of that politicization and weaponization are shared on conservative media as a way to drive fear that they may be "cancelled", which is a way to manipulate them to siding with the powers that be.
Exactly. A light bulb that went on for me as I read your piece is that, in a perverted sense, conservatives are noticing some wrongdoing taking place: they recognize that it’s not justice being served. Your pillory allegory works so well. So like…good for them? But talk about myopia.
One of the reasons I particularly thought of conservatives as I wrote this was when I looked up "cancel culture", one of the top search results was...from the people behind Project 2025.
Loved this! Also rape as "corrective" also shows itself in war. I've been reading about 1971 in Bangladesh but it's also true of WW2, the Yugoslav civil war, so many others.
Re: yes, definitely. I usually help survivors that are in the US/being assaulted in day-to-day life, so I usually address that, and want to raise awareness around it, too.
Thank you so much for reading, and the consistent support. I really appreciate it!
What you’re doing here is disentangling the act of cancelling from its politicization. And I think this is such an important message for everyone — even conservatives who may not realize the reason they’re defending the people they’re defending.
Yes! I called it "weaponization", but that's exactly what I meant. And re: conservatives, yes, the worst examples of that politicization and weaponization are shared on conservative media as a way to drive fear that they may be "cancelled", which is a way to manipulate them to siding with the powers that be.
Exactly. A light bulb that went on for me as I read your piece is that, in a perverted sense, conservatives are noticing some wrongdoing taking place: they recognize that it’s not justice being served. Your pillory allegory works so well. So like…good for them? But talk about myopia.
One of the reasons I particularly thought of conservatives as I wrote this was when I looked up "cancel culture", one of the top search results was...from the people behind Project 2025.
Loved this! Also rape as "corrective" also shows itself in war. I've been reading about 1971 in Bangladesh but it's also true of WW2, the Yugoslav civil war, so many others.
Re: yes, definitely. I usually help survivors that are in the US/being assaulted in day-to-day life, so I usually address that, and want to raise awareness around it, too.
Thank you so much for reading, and the consistent support. I really appreciate it!