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Topic subjectRE: Can we have a general convo about PC Culture / Cancel Culture?
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13346917, RE: Can we have a general convo about PC Culture / Cancel Culture?
Posted by allStah, Tue Sep-10-19 11:56 AM
Cosby and R kelly are not adequate examples of Cancel Culture. Those two are actual criminals who are now being ostracized by society, like most criminals who break the law, regardless of their fame.

Cancel Culture is an unreasonable movement, where people cancel, degrade, shun, or blacklist individuals because those individuals exhibit beliefs, feelings, statements, actions or ideas that are different or opposite of the movement ( or opposite of their beliefs). Usually, these people react off of allegations, speculation, and gossip when it comes to passing judgement. They don't research or ascertain information before they past judgment.

They feel that their ideas or beliefs are greater and more important than one's freedom of speech or freedom of choice. If the choice or action does not correlate or fall in line with the masses of Cancel Culture, then it is deemed not proper or incorrect.

It's a movement that originated from the internet and social media.

Example of cancel culture goes all the way back to beginning of social
media, 2004 ( facebook came about), with the Janet Jackson nipple controversy. Janet Jackson flashed a breast during her superbowl dance routine. Even though the areola was covered, social media was outraged with her actions, and she has been blacklisted ever since. She was the biggest entertainer in the world at the time, and the queen of pop. Everything she accomplished and built as one of the greatest song/dance acts of all time was all destroyed in one night.


That was the beginning of Cancel Culture/PC

Ironically, Michael's legacy has found a way to survive no matter how much they try to tear it down. They were trying to get radio stations to cancel the play of his music, but it never came to fruition. Mike's worldwide fan base, love and appreciation are just too strong...especially with Asians and Middle Easterns.

Also, accusing past artist of Color Appropriation is also a part of Cancel Culture/PC

Now, they are gunning for Elvis and accusing the man of Culture Appropriation, where all he did was praise black entertainers, perform with black entertainers, and stated that his music didn't come from him, but from black blues artist in the Delta. And all the great black entertainers respected him : James Brown, Little Richard, hell black Civil Rights leader Julian Bond used his song as a theme song.

I'm so glad that white soulful artists like Bobby Caldwell, Michael Mcdonald, Bob James, ad Jamiroqui are not of this era. They would be gunning for them too. Can you imagine the flack that Wild Cherry and Average White Band would have gotten in this day and age as a white soul band?