Posted on 04/04/2021 11:01:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In short, boycotts are good and cancel culture is bad. This should be as clear as day to anyone, but the two have been conflated for various reasons in recent years. Let’s look at both so we can put a rest to the notion that if you’re pushing for boycotts, you’re participating in cancel culture.
First, let’s look at cancel culture. Even the progressive Merriam-Webster definition is fine for these purposes. They definite it as “the practice or tendency of engaging in mass canceling as a way of expressing disapproval and exerting social pressure.”
The extended definition by Demetria Slyt makes it even easier to see why cancel culture is bad while boycotting is good. “For those of you who aren’t aware, cancel culture refers to the mass withdrawal of support from public figures or celebrities who have done things that aren’t socially accepted today. This practice of ‘canceling’ or mass shaming often occurs on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.”
There are two keys to understand why cancel culture is bad. First, it almost always targets an individual through mass shaming over something that was said or done with the goal of damaging that individual in some tangible way. An example was the cancellation of Kevin Hart. Old Tweets demonstrating that he was allegedly homophobic in the past relieved him from hosting the Academy Awards. According to Breitbart:
Kevin Hart knows what it feels like to be “cancelled.” The actor-comedian was invited to host the Oscars two years ago but was forced to step down before the job even began after the media dug through his old tweets and accused him of homophobia. Now Hart is hitting back at cancel culture’s practitioners, saying they leave no room for growth or redemption.
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Here’s the thing. I couldn’t give a flying fornication what you call it. Boycott, cancel culture, etc. If a business works to kill traditional America, I won’t buy things from you.
Call it whatever pleases you. I’m utterly immune to someone accusing me of cancel culture if I don’t want a coke, or a ride on Delta.
Boycott: I will not buy that product.
Cancel culture: No one must buy that product.
The Founding Fathers boycotted British goods when Britain levied unfair taxes on us.
Boycotts are a form of financial activism that tries to either correct the ideological direction of a company or reduce their power.
Cancel culture is a form of lazy Cultural Marxism. It uses shaming and pressure to punish someone, not because they caused or are causing material harm to the aggrieved but because they simply weren’t woke enough (or, in some cases, were too woke).
Cancel culture is bad.
Righteous boycotts are good.
Understanding the difference between the two is key for conservatives in order to end the former while advancing the latter.
Excerpted:
https://americanconservativemovement.com/2021/04/04/boycotts-are-not-part-of-cancel-culture/
The Founding Fathers boycotted British goods when Britain levied unfair taxes on us.
Some of them threw highly taxed tea into a well know harbor.
Guess it’s time to boycott JD and that “conservative” organization.
America and American workers first.
Roll MAGA, roll!
Exactly.
Are we allowed to use such a sexist word as “boycott “?
(Is a /s even needed?)
You could always call it a girlcott, but people might look at you like you just grew a second head.
Not when we do it.
Personcott. Er, no, son.
Onecott!
Great summary.
I don’t boycott. I refuse to patronize companies that disgust me.
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