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One careless comment. One missed social cue. One unpopular post on social media — and anyone at any time can find themselves “canceled.” Like the new social justice sheriff in town, cancel culture walks the streets of our modern-day society policing its citizens to toe the line of political correctness, or else cower for fear of being called out, misunderstood, or publicly shamed.
Cancel culture has seeped into all facets of our everyday life: politics, entertainment, religion, education, sports, and medicine, to name a few. According to one definition from Urban Dictionary, cancel culture is a modern phenomenon where a person or group is “ejected from influence … by questionable actions.” Silenced. Marginalized. Erased. “It is caused by a critical mass of people who are quick to judge and slow to question. It is commonly caused by an accusation, whether that accusation has merit or not.”
Cancel culture is akin to what I would call “cancer culture,” a takeover of public opinion that, just like cancer, starts out small (yet malignant) and then quickly grows out of control, multiplying and spreading throughout its host until it takes over. It weakens what is healthy by making no room for it.
Cancel culture is riddled with absolute “nos.” No mercy. No compassion. No grace. But perhaps, worst of all, no legitimate authority for rendering righteous and unbiased judgments. Driven by a herd mentality, cancel culture is the modern-day mob’s current weapon-du-jour, allowing anyone to wield its power by giving them a voice to call out — and pronounce judgment on — perceived transgressors of unwritten and untested social codes of acceptable behavior and speech. And if you’re on the wrong side of whatever that code is, or whoever is coming up with it, you’ve rendered yourself a walking target.
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We Often Feel Like David Taking on Giants
Today’s Goliath is the Mainstream Media Industrial Complex that brainwashes the masses.
Our mission is very straightforward: To counter the false narratives and nefarious agendas destroying America today. It isn’t easy for obvious reasons; despite incredible growth over the last year we are still a very tiny fish in a huge media pond. But we’re fighting and we will continue to do so, Lord willing, for as long as we possibly can. The battle for America’s present and future is too important for us to back down to the giants that stand in our way.
We need help. I don’t want to say “desperately,” but the need is definitely great. If you have the means, please donate through our GivingFuel page, PayPal, or our Substack page. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker