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A young leftist is shocked to find herself on the receiving end of cancel culture
American Thinker ^ | 23 May, 2021 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 05/23/2021 4:50:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Expect more stories like hers as conservatives begin to copy leftists and weaponize cancel culture against leftists.

Emily Wilder graduated from Stanford last year. At the beginning of May, she landed a job working for Associated Press. Two weeks later, she found herself fired because conservatives discovered her wildly pro-Palestinian social media activity while in college. She’s figured out that she was “canceled” but cannot grasp that this happened because conservatives have finally adopted leftist tactics.

According to an article in The Federalist,

Emily Wilder, a former Arizona Republic reporter and graduate of Stanford University, tweeted that she accepted a position with the AP in April. The Twitter post was dug up by the Stanford College Republicans, a group that frequently probes into former and current student political activities. Wilder’s Twitter account has since been switched to private mode.

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Wilder led an effort on Stanford’s campus to host antisemitic cartoonist Eli Valley. Valley frequently draws Jews in an offensive way and has depicted Nazi imagery in his work. The former Stanford student was the co-leader of Students for Justice in Palestine as well. A spokesman for the AP told the The Federalist that the outlet “requires employees to abstain from political activity.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; associatedpress; censorship; communism; emilywilder; gaza; hamas; israel; media; msm; shiftthenarrative; waronterror
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To: MtnClimber

They will only call for CONSERVATIVES to stop using their tactics against them.

They will continue to use them.


21 posted on 05/23/2021 7:09:34 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: MtnClimber
Just wait, the left will call for a cease fire if their tactics are used against them.

A cease fire that they would never honor.

22 posted on 05/23/2021 1:07:59 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
the left will call for a cease fire if their tactics are used against them.
A ceasefire they will never respect. It's like Hamas, they can fire rockets at Israel, Israel is expected to take it.

I heard that the Arab word for "Cease Fire" was "Reload".

23 posted on 05/23/2021 1:49:22 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: MtnClimber

The left supports those that would kill them.


24 posted on 05/23/2021 2:12:09 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: outofsalt
She didn’t get cancelled. Rachel Corrie got cancelled.

I've heard that St. Rachel is still as flat as a pancake and dead to boot.

25 posted on 05/24/2021 5:57:24 AM PDT by dearolddad
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