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On April 2, my media team posted a meme on our Facebook page declaring , “The moment we take hold of this reality — that by losing our lives, we find our lives — cancel culture, along with the larger culture of peer pressure, loses its power. The moment we take hold of this reality, we are truly free.”
This was excerpted from my new book The Silencing of the Lambs: The Ominous Rise of Cancel Culture and How We Can Overcome It , and was followed by an additional quote from the book: “Together, we can make history. Together, we can send a message. Together, we can help turn the tide. Together, we can overcome cancel culture and push back against the silencing of the lambs. Together, we can — and will — be heard.”
In response (and in obvious disagreement), a commenter challenged me, asking how successful our past Christian boycotts had been, comparing the Christian calls to boycott certain companies with today’s cancel culture. Deciding to Spend Your Money Elsewhere is Far Different from the Spirit of the Cancel Culture
But the comparison breaks down immediately, since our goal was never to cancel a massive, national company (such as Target, which many boycotted because of their transgender bathroom policy, not to mention their decision to no longer separate boys toys from girls toys).
Our goal was to say, “If you care that little about our families and our concerns, we will take our business elsewhere.”
Put another way, “Your choices will have economic consequences, and this is our way of encouraging you to rethink those choices.”
A boycott seeks to send a message. Cancel culture seeks to eliminate. The two can hardly be compared.
We were also saying, “In good conscience, we cannot give you our business.” (This is exactly […]
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When I left my cushy corporate job in 2017, I did so knowing that my family would have to make sacrifices. But I couldn’t continue to watch the nation slip into oblivion and was inspired by President Trump’s willingness to fight the good fight even at his own personal expense. What I didn’t realize then is that conservative media would be so heavily attacked, canceled, and defunded that the sacrifices would be extreme.
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