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Why would the right try and cancel you? The right doesn't cancel anyone, it's only the left.
Only the Left?
A short list of things the Right has cancelled just in the last 20 years or so:
The Lorax, by Dr. Suess - Fox News was furious that Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (which was made into a film adaptation in 2012) encouraged kids to care about the planet. Yes, before Dr. Suess was being lauded by conservatives for his brave stance on buck toothed Asian and big lipped, leopard skin clad African caricatures, they were cancelling him, encouraging conservatives to shun the rhyming children's book author.
The Dixie Chicks - The Chicks criticized President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003, and conservatives immediately canceled them for it. Their CDs were burned, their shows were protested, and conservatives called up every single country radio station in America to demand their songs be pulled from the airwaves.
NASCAR - NASCAR banned the Confederate flag at its events, at the urging of the league's only Black full-time driver, Bubba Wallace. In response, conservatives organized boycotts of the racing organization in several states.
Colin Kaepernick - Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem at NFL games to protest racist police brutality, and conservatives called for the end of his career. Donald Trump publicly stated, "Get that son of a ***** off the field."
Nike - Nike released an ad in 2018 that featured Colin Kaepernick, and in response, people on the right launched a massive boycott of the brand. Conservatives filmed themselves burning all their Nike products, including shirts, socks, and shoes.
French fries - Let's take it back to 2003, when France announced their opposition to the impending US invasion of Iraq. In response, prominent Republican politicians decided that french fries were canceled. They were renamed "freedom fries" in congressional cafeterias, and soon other restaurants around the country followed suit
Ellen DeGeneres - When Ellen used her sitcom to come out as a lesbian in 1997, there was intense backlash from conservatives and religious groups. Her show was canceled the following year.
Samantha Bee - Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a "****" in a monologue joke on her late night show, and conservatives came for her head. Advertisers were forced to pull out of her show, facing mounting pressure from the right. Trump himself demanded that TBS cancel her. "Why aren't they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show?" he tweeted.
Target - Target announced that they would not discriminate against transgender people in 2016, instating a formal policy that allows customers to use the bathroom that matches their gender. Conservatives organized a boycott in response, with one religious group claiming to have 1.3 million people ready to stop shopping at their stores
Keurig - After Sean Hannity used his Fox News show to give a softball interview to Roy Moore — a man accused of sexual misconduct with a minor — Keurig decided to pull their advertising from the show. In response, conservatives organized a boycott of the coffee brand, and posted videos of themselves smashing their Keurig machines to pieces.
Gillette - In 2019, Gillette released an advertisement that basically said toxic masculinity is bad, and condemned behaviors like bigotry, sexism, harassment, and assault. This, somehow, upset conservatives, so they launched a boycott of the brand. Many conservatives made public displays of throwing away their Gillette razors
James Gunn - James Gunn was temporarily fired from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise in 2018 over offensive jokes from his Twitter that resurfaced. How did they resurface, you ask? Prominent members of the alt-right went searching for them after Gunn criticized Trump. Ted Cruz tweeted that he was "glad" to see Disney fire Gunn, and wondered whether the director should be prosecuted.
Starbucks Red Cups - Another seasonal masterpiece of conservative cancel culture. It’s 2015, and Starbucks releases its minimalist red holiday cups for the season. But what’s this? No Jesus? The Color of Satan? You guessed it, folks. It’s a war on Christmas, and conservatives called for a boycott of a coffee vendor they claim to never visit anyway.
There are lists and lists of "cancellations" by the Right and I am getting tired of typing them out so here is a link for further research which you will probably never click on because why would you when your Right=Jesus, Left-Satan bubble is so comfortable.
A short list of things the Right has cancelled just in the last 20 years or so:
The Lorax, by Dr. Suess - Fox News was furious that Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (which was made into a film adaptation in 2012) encouraged kids to care about the planet. Yes, before Dr. Suess was being lauded by conservatives for his brave stance on buck toothed Asian and big lipped, leopard skin clad African caricatures, they were cancelling him, encouraging conservatives to shun the rhyming children's book author.
The Dixie Chicks - The Chicks criticized President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003, and conservatives immediately canceled them for it. Their CDs were burned, their shows were protested, and conservatives called up every single country radio station in America to demand their songs be pulled from the airwaves.
NASCAR - NASCAR banned the Confederate flag at its events, at the urging of the league's only Black full-time driver, Bubba Wallace. In response, conservatives organized boycotts of the racing organization in several states.
Colin Kaepernick - Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem at NFL games to protest racist police brutality, and conservatives called for the end of his career. Donald Trump publicly stated, "Get that son of a ***** off the field."
Nike - Nike released an ad in 2018 that featured Colin Kaepernick, and in response, people on the right launched a massive boycott of the brand. Conservatives filmed themselves burning all their Nike products, including shirts, socks, and shoes.
French fries - Let's take it back to 2003, when France announced their opposition to the impending US invasion of Iraq. In response, prominent Republican politicians decided that french fries were canceled. They were renamed "freedom fries" in congressional cafeterias, and soon other restaurants around the country followed suit
Ellen DeGeneres - When Ellen used her sitcom to come out as a lesbian in 1997, there was intense backlash from conservatives and religious groups. Her show was canceled the following year.
Samantha Bee - Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a "****" in a monologue joke on her late night show, and conservatives came for her head. Advertisers were forced to pull out of her show, facing mounting pressure from the right. Trump himself demanded that TBS cancel her. "Why aren't they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show?" he tweeted.
Target - Target announced that they would not discriminate against transgender people in 2016, instating a formal policy that allows customers to use the bathroom that matches their gender. Conservatives organized a boycott in response, with one religious group claiming to have 1.3 million people ready to stop shopping at their stores
Keurig - After Sean Hannity used his Fox News show to give a softball interview to Roy Moore — a man accused of sexual misconduct with a minor — Keurig decided to pull their advertising from the show. In response, conservatives organized a boycott of the coffee brand, and posted videos of themselves smashing their Keurig machines to pieces.
Gillette - In 2019, Gillette released an advertisement that basically said toxic masculinity is bad, and condemned behaviors like bigotry, sexism, harassment, and assault. This, somehow, upset conservatives, so they launched a boycott of the brand. Many conservatives made public displays of throwing away their Gillette razors
James Gunn - James Gunn was temporarily fired from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise in 2018 over offensive jokes from his Twitter that resurfaced. How did they resurface, you ask? Prominent members of the alt-right went searching for them after Gunn criticized Trump. Ted Cruz tweeted that he was "glad" to see Disney fire Gunn, and wondered whether the director should be prosecuted.
Starbucks Red Cups - Another seasonal masterpiece of conservative cancel culture. It’s 2015, and Starbucks releases its minimalist red holiday cups for the season. But what’s this? No Jesus? The Color of Satan? You guessed it, folks. It’s a war on Christmas, and conservatives called for a boycott of a coffee vendor they claim to never visit anyway.
There are lists and lists of "cancellations" by the Right and I am getting tired of typing them out so here is a link for further research which you will probably never click on because why would you when your Right=Jesus, Left-Satan bubble is so comfortable.
Sounds like someone doesn't know the difference between the words "cancelled" and "boycott".
Merriam-Webster, the authoritative dictionary of American English has this to say:
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To cancel someone (usually a celebrity or other well-known figure) means to stop giving support to that person. The act of canceling could entail boycotting an actor’s movies or no longer reading or promoting a writer’s works.
If this definition seems inadequate or even spurious to you, please enlighten me.
No worries but the death rate is not 2%, it's .2% over almost two years. So we have literally around 1 out of 1,000 Americans dying from this virus per year.
So with a death rate of 1 out of 1,000 Americans per year we completely shut down our economy, increased our debt by trillions, and are now firing healthcare workers, police, scientists, pilots, and the list goes on and on. The worst part is they are taking our freedoms away and forcing people who don't trust these vaccines, if you even call it a vaccine at this point to take the jab or lose their careers and derail everything they have worked so hard for.
People need to wake up and realize the true threats of Covid and what is actually going on. We are already a Banana Republic by it's definition.
No it is not achievable in my field and certainly not for me. In order to earn 150 K in my field I would have to get a professorship for 20+ years somewhere other than New Mexico, and then I'd be paying through the nose for living expenses.
That kind of money is primarily accessible for people who only work to make money. Here is a list of 25 careers where you can make 150K, and half of those on the list average considerably less than that.
Deserter,
I think you might have forgotten to list those careers. I would be interested in reading if you don't mind sharing.
Also, to clarify, you are an employee at New Mexico State University? If so, yes, their salaries do not pay well across the board. You are achieving security in exchange for a higher ceiling if that is the case. And that might be fine for you.
I think you might have forgotten to list those careers. I would be interested in reading if you don't mind sharing.
Also, to clarify, you are an employee at New Mexico State University? If so, yes, their salaries do not pay well across the board. You are achieving security in exchange for a higher ceiling if that is the case. And that might be fine for you.
No it is not achievable in my field and certainly not for me. In order to earn 150 K in my field I would have to get a professorship for 20+ years somewhere other than New Mexico, and then I'd be paying through the nose for living expenses.
That kind of money is primarily accessible for people who only work to make money. Here is a list of 25 careers where you can make 150K, and half of those on the list average considerably less than that.
It's not just in NM that professor pay is low. The U of WA, which these days (to my surprise) ranks as a "public Ivy", pays considerably lower than its peer institutions. And this is in high COL Seattle and environs.
But professor pay anywhere (generally) never was viewed as lucrative, unless one was able to supplement income with research grants, but it's only a small minority of faculty, that do that.
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