# Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions

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**Created:** [July 8, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644 "2025-07-08T22:55:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1015 "2025-09-18T15:22:32Z")

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What does this have to do with anything I’ve said?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1016 "2025-09-18T15:25:50Z")

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> I was always skeptical of the tactic of trying to get people fired for saying offensive things. I guess my friends on the Left, the supporters of so called “consequence culture” never thought that it would be used against them.

What the fuck are you talking about? It’s been used against the left since before I was born.

The only thing that was new about “cancel culture” was that it started hitting people on the right, and all of a sudden they invented a concern about free speech, that predictably lasted exactly as long as they weren’t in power.

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1017 "2025-09-18T15:26:09Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> It’s always been used against “the Left”, as long as they didn’t have great wealth or power. What’s relatively new is that, thanks to social media, everyone may face consequences for their actions and speech, at least to some degree, regardless of wealth and power. And open bigotry can now include such consequences.

Okay… social media means that everyone may face consequences. But that’s not necessarily a good thing. If somebody you know in real life makes a tasteless joke that is offensive, the people who personally interact with them face to face can probably form a better judgement of their overall character than strangers who only sees their text messages online

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1018 "2025-09-18T15:27:14Z")

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Okay… Again, what does this have to with anything I’ve said?

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1019 "2025-09-18T15:29:16Z")

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I think we can say that some things are unethical but don’t necessarily have to be illegal. I think it’s unethical to fire someone for supporting some politician. I don’t think it should be illegal. I’d probably label more Democrat firings unethical than Republican firings, but their employers both have the right to fire.

The case of Jimmy Kimmel though is just straight-up unconstitutional government censorship. That’s a whole different kettle of fish.

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1020 "2025-09-18T15:32:04Z")

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I thought my post spoke for itself. I don’t know what else to add. Somehow we’re talking past each other.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1021 "2025-09-18T15:32:59Z")

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Can you specifically point to the words I’ve written that you’ve disagreed with? AFAICT your responses so far have had nothing to do with the posts they quoted.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1022 "2025-09-18T15:39:38Z")

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> I think we can say that some things are unethical but don’t necessarily have to be illegal. I think it’s unethical to fire someone for supporting some politician. I don’t think it should be illegal. I’d probably label more Democrat firings unethical than Republican firings, but their employers both have the right to fire.
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> The case of Jimmy Kimmel though is just straight-up unconstitutional government censorship. That’s a whole different kettle of fish.

We casually accept “at will” employment in this country, but that’s because we’re making a policy decision to do so. At will employment wasn’t handed down to us on stone tablets from God. It’s completely within the realm of possibility that we could choose to give workers more protection from being arbitrarily fired for any reason or for no reason.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1023 "2025-09-18T16:25:59Z")

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> I was always skeptical of the tactic of trying to get people fired for saying offensive things. I guess my friends on the Left, the supporters of so called “consequence culture” never thought that it would be used against them.

LOL, what are you even talking about? I have another [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631) which details over 300 times times the Right has had a Culture War shitfit over one thing or another, with well over 100 examples of the Right trying to “cancel” something or someone they didn’t like.

Remember when they whined about Taylor Swift? Or Gillette? Or the Dixie Chicks? Or anyone who opposes the 2nd Amendment? Hell, the Right spent _years_ trying to cancel Jane Fonda, as much a non-entity as Jimmy Kimmel. Anita Bryant made a _career_, and millions of dollars, trying to cancel gay people. And the 20-year war fought against Hillary Clinton was a textbook example of cancel culture long before “CC” became a phrase in itself.

Here’s the list… which I haven’t updated since August of 2024, because wow, y’all really went into overdrive… to remind you of some of the past two centuries of the Right trying to cancel one thing or another.

| Number | Item | Year (appx) | Link |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | People being ineffective is OK as long as it is a white man. For example, Bush 2. Trump. | 1789 | |
| 2 | Immigrants will make America “Poorer and dirtier” | 1844 | |
| 3 | Communism/Socialism (“Red Scares”) | 1919 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red\_Scare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare) |
| 4 | “Tax and Spend Democrats” | 1932 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax\_and\_spend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_and_spend) |
| 5 | Movie X is inciting violence/sex/drugs | 1934 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays\_Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code) |
| 6 | Liberal Media | 1944 | [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-conservative-war-on-liberal-media-has-a-long-history/283149/](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-conservative-war-on-liberal-media-has-a-long-history/283149/) |
| 7 | War against Universal Healthcare | 1948 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History\_of\_health\_care\_reform\_in\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_in_the_United_States) |
| 8 | Music X is inciting violence/sex/drugs | 1955 | [http://20thcenturyhistorysongbook.com/song-book/the-fifties/criticism-of-the-devils-music-rock-roll/](http://20thcenturyhistorysongbook.com/song-book/the-fifties/criticism-of-the-devils-music-rock-roll/) |
| 9 | Islamophobia | 1959 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia\_in\_the\_United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia_in_the_United_States) |
| 10 | Sovereign Citizens | 1971 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign\_citizen\_movement#History](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement#History) |
| 11 | Jane Fonda | 1972 | [https://www.thelily.com/how-jane-fondas-1972-trip-to-north-vietnam-earned-her-the-nickname-hanoi-jane/#](https://www.thelily.com/how-jane-fondas-1972-trip-to-north-vietnam-earned-her-the-nickname-hanoi-jane/) |
| 12 | Snail Darter Controversy | 1973 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail\_darter\_controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail_darter_controversy) |
| 13 | Gun fetishism | 1974 | [https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/americas-gun-fetish-is-a-symptom-of-a-deeper-sickness](https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/americas-gun-fetish-is-a-symptom-of-a-deeper-sickness) |
| 14 | Supply-Side Economics | 1974 | [https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah\_1439217](https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1439217) |
| 15 | Anita Bryant’s crusade against gays | 1975 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215) |
| 16 | AIDS | 1981 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS) |
| 17 | Backmasking music - play songs backwards, get exposed to Satan | 1982 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking) |
| 18 | Constant misuse of “Born in the USA” | 1984 | [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/bruce-springsteen-ronald-reagan-107448/](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/bruce-springsteen-ronald-reagan-107448/) |
| 19 | USPS must be profitable! | 1985 | [https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/902977021/the-history-of-political-interference-in-the-usps](https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/902977021/the-history-of-political-interference-in-the-usps) |
| 20 | Political Correctness | 1987 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political\_correctness#History](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness#History) |
| 21 | “Hey ho, hey ho, Western Civ has got to go!” | 1988 | [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/19/us/in-dispute-on-bias-stanford-is-likely-to-alter-western-culture-program.html](https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/19/us/in-dispute-on-bias-stanford-is-likely-to-alter-western-culture-program.html) |
| 22 | Willie Horton | 1988 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie\_Horton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Horton) |
| 23 | Central Park Five | 1989 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central\_Park\_jogger\_case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_jogger_case) |
| 24 | Flag Burning Controversies | 1989 | [https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-the-supreme-court-ruled-to-allow-american-flag-burning#](https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-the-supreme-court-ruled-to-allow-american-flag-burning) |
| 25 | Spotted Owl Controversy | 1989 | [https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20000806&slug=4035697](https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20000806&slug=4035697) |
| 26 | War on Christmas | 1990 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas\_controversies#United\_States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_controversies#United_States) |
| 27 | Gay Day @ Disney | 1991 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay\_Days\_at\_Walt\_Disney\_World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Days_at_Walt_Disney_World) |
| 28 | Hillary Clinton (really, a list of her own) | 1992 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/hillary012898.htm](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/hillary012898.htm) |
| 29 | Ebonics | 1996 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics\_(word)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)) |
| 30 | Ellen Degeneres | 1997 | [https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/ellen-degeneres-sitcom-coming-out-episode](https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/ellen-degeneres-sitcom-coming-out-episode) |
| 31 | A Hurricane will strike Disney - Pat Roberston | 1998 | [https://www.pilotonline.com/1998/06/12/pat-robertson-is-blowing-a-lot-of-hot-air/](https://www.pilotonline.com/1998/06/12/pat-robertson-is-blowing-a-lot-of-hot-air/) |
| 32 | Mozart CD’s being given to newborns in GA (Limbaugh, especially) | 1999 | [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/03/science/mozart-for-baby-some-say-maybe-not.html](https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/03/science/mozart-for-baby-some-say-maybe-not.html) |
| 33 | Starbucks Christmas | 1999 | [https://www.eater.com/2015/11/10/9705570/starbucks-holiday-red-cups-controversy-history](https://www.eater.com/2015/11/10/9705570/starbucks-holiday-red-cups-controversy-history) |
| 34 | Teletubbies are gay | 1999 | [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/11/us/national-news-briefs-falwell-sees-gay-in-a-teletubby.html](https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/11/us/national-news-briefs-falwell-sees-gay-in-a-teletubby.html) |
| 35 | Anti-LGBTQ | 2000 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-plays-prominent-role-first-night-rnc-rcna162028](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-plays-prominent-role-first-night-rnc-rcna162028) |
| 36 | Book bans | 2000 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries.html) |
| 37 | Border Security | 2000 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-kill-border-bill-sign-trumps-strength-mcconnells-waning-in-rcna137477](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-kill-border-bill-sign-trumps-strength-mcconnells-waning-in-rcna137477) |
| 38 | Elian Gonzalez | 2000 | [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/elian/etc/eliancron.html](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/elian/etc/eliancron.html) |
| 39 | Laura Bush kills a guy, but it’s OK. | 2000 | [https://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/laura-bushs-book-talks-fatal-teenage-car-crash/story?id=10502401](https://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/laura-bushs-book-talks-fatal-teenage-car-crash/story?id=10502401) |
| 40 | The War on Terror | 2001 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War\_on\_terror](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_terror) |
| 41 | French Fries (Freedom Fries) | 2002 | [https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-freedom-fries-iraq-war-20190211-story.html](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-freedom-fries-iraq-war-20190211-story.html) |
| 42 | Paul Wellstone’s Funeral | 2002 | [https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/10/17/history-rick-kahn-turns-memorial-into-political-rally](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/10/17/history-rick-kahn-turns-memorial-into-political-rally) |
| 43 | Shoe inspections on airplanes | 2002 | [http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/12/24/rec.athome.facts/index.html](http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/12/24/rec.athome.facts/index.html) |
| 44 | Stem Cells | 2002 | [https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-stem-cell-controversy](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-stem-cell-controversy) |
| 45 | Boycotting Heinz Ketchup because of John Kerry’s wife. | 2004 | [https://www.courant.com/2004/08/17/political-food-fight/](https://www.courant.com/2004/08/17/political-food-fight/) |
| 46 | Gay Marriage | 2004 | [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665159/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665159/) |
| 47 | John Kerry’s wife is a foreigner and can’t be First Lady | 2004 | [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/27/the-candidates-wife](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/27/the-candidates-wife) |
| 48 | Swift Boat Veterans for Truth | 2004 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift\_Vets\_and\_POWs\_for\_Truth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Vets_and_POWs_for_Truth) |
| 49 | Ted Koppel read names of Iraqi war dead on Nightline (2004), implying war wasn’t going well. | 2004 | [https://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/01/abc.nightline/](https://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/01/abc.nightline/) |
| 50 | “I have a wide stance!” (Larry Craig, Republican, arrested for gay sex acts in bathroom) | 2005 | [https://www.foxnews.com/story/larry-craigs-wide-stance-excuse-gains-prominence-in-lexicon](https://www.foxnews.com/story/larry-craigs-wide-stance-excuse-gains-prominence-in-lexicon) |
| 51 | Michael Moore’s \*Bowling for Columbine\* | 2005 | [https://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/columbine/Columbine4-12-02.pdf](https://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/columbine/Columbine4-12-02.pdf) |
| 52 | Obama Katrina 01: Katrina (2005) | 2005 | [https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-perspec-page-obama-katrina-trump-20170901-story.html](https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-perspec-page-obama-katrina-trump-20170901-story.html) |
| 53 | Participation Trophies | 2005 | [https://www.bctrophies.com/The-Participation-Trophy-Debate-Should-We-Give-Our-Kids-Participation-Trophies\_b\_6.html](https://www.bctrophies.com/The-Participation-Trophy-Debate-Should-We-Give-Our-Kids-Participation-Trophies_b_6.html) |
| 54 | Duke Lacrosse scandal | 2006 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke\_lacrosse\_case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case) |
| 55 | Janet’s Boob | 2006 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super\_Bowl\_XXXVIII\_halftime\_show\_controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy) |
| 56 | Terri Schiavo | 2006 | [https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/look-back-in-history-terri-schiavo-death/](https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/look-back-in-history-terri-schiavo-death/) |
| 57 | Michael Moore’s \*F 9/11\* | 2007 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit\_9/11\_controversies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11_controversies) |
| 58 | “Elitist” Obama mentioning aurugula to a bunch of Iowan farmers who planted…. Aurugula. | 2008 | [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-eats-arugula\_b\_106166](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-eats-arugula_b_106166) |
| 59 | Joe the Plumber | 2008 | [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/whatever-happened-to-joe-the-plumber](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/whatever-happened-to-joe-the-plumber) |
| 60 | Moochelle Obama (Rush Limbaugh name for her) | 2008 | [https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2](https://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-medal-awardee-rush-limbaughs-racist-and-sexist-comments-2020-2) |
| 61 | Obama and Tire Pressure as an energy saver. Right freaked out about Obama repeating a fact found in those little yellow handouts given by Shell back in the 1970s. | 2008 | [https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/08/08/2003419730](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/08/08/2003419730) |
| 62 | Obama golfing | 2008 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/us/politics/a-terrorist-horror-then-golf-incongruity-fuels-obama-critics.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/us/politics/a-terrorist-horror-then-golf-incongruity-fuels-obama-critics.html) |
| 63 | The 2008 Obama terrorist fistbump with Michelle | 2008 | [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/13/television.barackobama](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/13/television.barackobama) |
| 64 | The Ohio State Flag is mistaken for an Obama flag | 2008 | [https://washingtonmonthly.com/2008/10/17/ohios-state-flag-is-not-obamas-fault/](https://washingtonmonthly.com/2008/10/17/ohios-state-flag-is-not-obamas-fault/) |
| 65 | The Sarah Palin Experience. All of it. | 2008 | [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Heath-Palin](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Heath-Palin) |
| 66 | ACORN | 2009 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN\_2009\_undercover\_videos\_controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACORN_2009_undercover_videos_controversy) |
| 67 | Gender-Neutral Restrooms | 2009 | [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/whos-afraid-of-same-sex-bathrooms](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/whos-afraid-of-same-sex-bathrooms) |
| 68 | Michelle Bachman | 2009 | [https://www.salon.com/2015/01/05/farewell\_to\_americas\_favorite\_wingnut\_remembering\_michele\_bachmanns\_greatest\_hits/](https://www.salon.com/2015/01/05/farewell_to_americas_favorite_wingnut_remembering_michele_bachmanns_greatest_hits/) |
| 69 | Michelle Obama is a man | 2009 | [https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/michelle-obama-was-never-man/](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/michelle-obama-was-never-man/) |
| 70 | Obama “Underwear Bomber” controversy | 2009 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30baker.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30baker.html) |
| 71 | Obama bowed! | 2009 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33978533](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33978533) |
| 72 | Obama Katrina 03: The 2009 Swine Flu epidemic | 2009 | [https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/03/160\_50722.html?utm\_source=CU](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/03/160_50722.html?utm_source=CU) |
| 73 | Obama’s Mustard | 2009 | [https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-russia-investigation-dijon-mustard-scandal-fox-fake-623643](https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-russia-investigation-dijon-mustard-scandal-fox-fake-623643) |
| 74 | “Sharia Law is coming!” | 2010 | [https://www.biblio.com/book/go-zones-how-sharia-law-coming/d/1532244614](https://www.biblio.com/book/go-zones-how-sharia-law-coming/d/1532244614) |
| 75 | Common Core | 2010 | [https://www.verywellfamily.com/causes-of-common-core-controversy-2601484](https://www.verywellfamily.com/causes-of-common-core-controversy-2601484) |
| 76 | Ground Zero Mosque | 2010 | [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/how-the-ground-zero-mosque-meltdown-set-the-table-for-trump](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/how-the-ground-zero-mosque-meltdown-set-the-table-for-trump) |
| 77 | HPV vaccine | 2010 | [https://www.npr.org/2011/09/19/140543977/hpv-vaccine-the-science-behind-the-controversy](https://www.npr.org/2011/09/19/140543977/hpv-vaccine-the-science-behind-the-controversy) |
| 78 | Obama Katrina 04: The Haiti Earthquake of 2010 | 2010 | [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703808904575025091656446622](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703808904575025091656446622) |
| 79 | Obama Katrina 05: Ebola! | 2010 | [https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-29663837](https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-29663837) |
| 80 | Obama Katrina 06: Unaccompanied Children at the Border! | 2010 | [https://newrepublic.com/article/118591/child-migrant-border-crisis-isnt-obamas-katrina-not-even-close](https://newrepublic.com/article/118591/child-migrant-border-crisis-isnt-obamas-katrina-not-even-close) |
| 81 | Obama Katrina 09: BP Oil Spill | 2010 | [https://www.today.com/id/wbna38907780#.UoZFPpRgY44](https://www.today.com/id/wbna38907780#.UoZFPpRgY44) |
| 82 | Tea Party | 2010 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/politics/tea-party-trump.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/politics/tea-party-trump.html) |
| 83 | Birth Certificate | 2011 | [https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37391652](https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37391652) |
| 84 | Obama Katrina 07: MF Global problems | 2011 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mf-global-ties-awkward-for-obama-campaign/2011/11/02/gIQA9w5ogM\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mf-global-ties-awkward-for-obama-campaign/2011/11/02/gIQA9w5ogM_story.html) |
| 85 | Obama Katrina 07: Obamacare Website Problems | 2011 | [https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/66235/why-obamacare-may-be-obamas-katrina-iraq/](https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/66235/why-obamacare-may-be-obamas-katrina-iraq/) |
| 86 | Obama Katrina 08: Mississippi River floods | 2011 | [https://time.com/4464474/louisiana-governor-flooding-president-obama-alton-sterling/](https://time.com/4464474/louisiana-governor-flooding-president-obama-alton-sterling/) |
| 87 | Obama used a teleprompter! | 2011 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-mock-obamas-teleprompter-use/2011/10/18/gIQA6hEivL\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-mock-obamas-teleprompter-use/2011/10/18/gIQA6hEivL_story.html) |
| 88 | “You didn’t build that” | 2012 | [https://www.factcheck.org/2012/07/you-didnt-build-that-uncut-and-unedited/](https://www.factcheck.org/2012/07/you-didnt-build-that-uncut-and-unedited/) |
| 89 | Benghazi | 2012 | [https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/17996104/benghazi-attack-clinton-obama](https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/17996104/benghazi-attack-clinton-obama) |
| 90 | Crisis Actors | 2012 | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/21/crisis-actors-deep-state-false-flag-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-code-words](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/21/crisis-actors-deep-state-false-flag-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-code-words) |
| 91 | Keystone Pipeline | 2012 | [https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-keystone-xl-pipeline](https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-keystone-xl-pipeline) |
| 92 | Obama Katrina 10: Hurricane Sandy | 2012 | [https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/media-consecrate-their-latest-obamas-katrina-unaccompanied-minors-edition](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/media-consecrate-their-latest-obamas-katrina-unaccompanied-minors-edition) |
| 93 | Obama Katrina 11: Hurricane Isaac | 2012 | [https://newrepublic.com/article/136182/obamas-katrina-never-sticks-wont-die](https://newrepublic.com/article/136182/obamas-katrina-never-sticks-wont-die) |
| 94 | Obama’s plan to wind down AFG coincided with election | 2012 | [https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2012/01/23/obamas-oops-in-afghanistan/](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2012/01/23/obamas-oops-in-afghanistan/) |
| 95 | Operation Fast and Furious | 2012 | [https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/fast-furious-obama-first-scandal/](https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/fast-furious-obama-first-scandal/) |
| 96 | Polls oversample democrats | 2012 | [https://hughhewitt.com/quinnipiac-pollings-peter-brown-tries-to-defend-oversampling-democrats-in-new-battleground-state-polls/](https://hughhewitt.com/quinnipiac-pollings-peter-brown-tries-to-defend-oversampling-democrats-in-new-battleground-state-polls/) |
| 97 | Austerity (Debt Ceiling debate 2013) | 2013 | [https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/its-groundhog-day-over-the-debt-ceiling/](https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/its-groundhog-day-over-the-debt-ceiling/) |
| 98 | Comicsgate | 2013 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comicsgate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comicsgate) |
| 99 | Gamergate | 2013 | [https://time.com/3510381/gamergate-faq/](https://time.com/3510381/gamergate-faq/) |
| 100 | Government shutdown: 2013 | 2013 | [https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/16/ted-cruz-2013-obamacare-shutdown-was-defining-mome/](https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/16/ted-cruz-2013-obamacare-shutdown-was-defining-mome/) |
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As I said, the list isn’t specifically about “cancellation”, but for God’s sake, at least admit that the Right tried to cancel the NFL because one guy took a knee during the national anthem… and they _did_ cancel his NFL career.

ETA: Apparently there’s now a character limit on posts, so the first 100 is displayed only…

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101-200:

| Number | Item | Year (appx) | Link |
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| 101 | Ha! There was a trucker protest in 2013, too! | 2013 | [https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/trucker-protest-beltway-098194](https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/trucker-protest-beltway-098194) |
| 102 | IRS targeting conservatives (they didn’t) | 2013 | [https://www.newsweek.com/remember-irs-scandal-it-was-fake-news-all-along-681674](https://www.newsweek.com/remember-irs-scandal-it-was-fake-news-all-along-681674) |
| 103 | Marine holding an umbrella over Obama’s head and not the marine’s own. | 2013 | **[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/presidents-umbrella-scandal-folded-it-could-take/315117/](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/presidents-umbrella-scandal-folded-it-could-take/315117/)** |
| 104 | Miley Cyrus is training girls to be trashy | 2013 | [https://www.inklingsnews.com/opinions/2013/09/30/miley-cyrus-classy-or-trashy/](https://www.inklingsnews.com/opinions/2013/09/30/miley-cyrus-classy-or-trashy/) |
| 105 | Obama paying for a muslim culture museum out of his pockets (2013) | 2013 | [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-oct-07-la-et-st-fox-news-anna-kooiman-obama-muslim-museum-funding-shutdown-20131007-story.html](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-oct-07-la-et-st-fox-news-anna-kooiman-obama-muslim-museum-funding-shutdown-20131007-story.html) |
| 106 | Obama’s feet on desk | 2013 | [https://wtop.com/news/2013/09/obama-and-the-foot-on-desk-controversy/](https://wtop.com/news/2013/09/obama-and-the-foot-on-desk-controversy/) |
| 107 | Sandy Hook | 2013 | [https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1084912392/sandy-hook-hoax-elizabeth-williamson](https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1084912392/sandy-hook-hoax-elizabeth-williamson) |
| 108 | Seccessionist movements | 2013 | [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/go-your-own-way](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/go-your-own-way) |
| 109 | The Duck Dynasty Debacle/Phil Robertson (2013) | 2013 | [https://www.salon.com/2014/01/03/gops\_duck\_dynasty\_problem\_why\_phil\_robertson\_was\_a\_hugely\_important\_political\_story/](https://www.salon.com/2014/01/03/gops_duck_dynasty_problem_why_phil_robertson_was_a_hugely_important_political_story/) |
| 110 | Cliven Bundy | 2014 | [https://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/18080508/nevada-rancher-cliven-bundy-explained](https://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/18080508/nevada-rancher-cliven-bundy-explained) |
| 111 | George Soros | 2014 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George\_Soros\_conspiracy\_theories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros_conspiracy_theories) |
| 112 | Michelle Obama food initiatives - School Lunches | 2014 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michelle-obamas-school-lunch-agenda-faces-backlash-from-some-school-nutrition-officials/2014/05/29/6a8e4af6-e744-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michelle-obamas-school-lunch-agenda-faces-backlash-from-some-school-nutrition-officials/2014/05/29/6a8e4af6-e744-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html) |
| 113 | Obama saluting a marine with a coffee cup in his hand | 2014 | [https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html) |
| 114 | Saul Alinsky, father of “Community Organizing”, hated by the Right for such. | 2014 | [https://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6829675/saul-alinsky-explain-obama-hillary-clinton-rodham-organizing](https://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6829675/saul-alinsky-explain-obama-hillary-clinton-rodham-organizing) |
| 115 | Tan Suit Gate | 2014 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama\_tan\_suit\_controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_tan_suit_controversy) |
| 116 | Ten Commandments in public spaces | 2014 | [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/06/446368169/oklahoma-removes-10-commandments-monument-from-the-state-capitol](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/06/446368169/oklahoma-removes-10-commandments-monument-from-the-state-capitol) |
| 117 | Obama didn’t wear a flag pin! | 2015 | [https://www.foxnews.com/story/barack-obama-stops-wearing-american-flag-lapel-pin](https://www.foxnews.com/story/barack-obama-stops-wearing-american-flag-lapel-pin) |
| 118 | Poor, rapey, Brock Turner! | 2015 | [https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/revisiting-the-brock-turner-case](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/revisiting-the-brock-turner-case) |
| 119 | Sad Puppies - The Right decides to game the Hugo Awards | 2015 | [https://www.vox.com/2015/4/26/8495415/hugos-sad-puppies-controversy](https://www.vox.com/2015/4/26/8495415/hugos-sad-puppies-controversy) |
| 120 | Tide Pods - The Kids Are Eating Them! | 2015 | [https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/01/only-86-teens-ate-tide-pods-so-why-did-world-erupt-moral-panic](https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/01/only-86-teens-ate-tide-pods-so-why-did-world-erupt-moral-panic) |
| 121 | Voting to remove protection from VA’s pro-gun control governor (2015) | 2015 | [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=244169](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=244169) |
| 122 | “But Her Emails!” - Hillary Email Scandal | 2016 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary\_Clinton\_email\_controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy) |
| 123 | “Liberals are why we X!” | 2016 | [https://theconversation.com/conservatives-feel-blamed-shamed-and-ostracized-by-the-media-174424](https://theconversation.com/conservatives-feel-blamed-shamed-and-ostracized-by-the-media-174424) |
| 124 | “Locker Room Talk” | 2016 | [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/12/trump-timeline-sexual-misconduct-allegations-defense-292146#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLocker%20room%20talk%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20Trump,sexually%20assault%20women%20with%20impunity.](https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/12/trump-timeline-sexual-misconduct-allegations-defense-292146#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLocker%20room%20talk%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20Trump,sexually%20assault%20women%20with%20impunity.) |
| 125 | “Russia Hoax” | 2016 | [https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/partisan-claims-of-russia-hoax-revived-ahead-of-2020-election/](https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/partisan-claims-of-russia-hoax-revived-ahead-of-2020-election/) |
| 126 | “Shut up and dribble!” - LeBron dares speak to progressive issues | 2016 | [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/19/587097707/laura-ingraham-told-lebron-james-to-shutup-and-dribble-he-went-to-the-hoop](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/19/587097707/laura-ingraham-told-lebron-james-to-shutup-and-dribble-he-went-to-the-hoop) |
| 127 | Anti McCainism | 2016 | [https://www.politico.eu/article/john-mccain-the-anti-donald-trump/](https://www.politico.eu/article/john-mccain-the-anti-donald-trump/) |
| 128 | Beyonce mentions BLM, police brutality in a 2016 Super Bowl performance | 2016 | [https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/f35a2l/why-they-re-mad-beyonce-s-super-bowl-performance-was-peak-blackness/11r3nf](https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/f35a2l/why-they-re-mad-beyonce-s-super-bowl-performance-was-peak-blackness/11r3nf) |
| 129 | Gold Star Family fight | 2016 | [https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-frederica-wilson-gold-star-la-david-johnson-2017-10](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-frederica-wilson-gold-star-la-david-johnson-2017-10) |
| 130 | Immediate, negative reactions to ANYONE who criticized Trump, including the Pope. | 2016 | [https://www.npr.org/2016/02/18/467229313/pope-says-trump-is-not-christian](https://www.npr.org/2016/02/18/467229313/pope-says-trump-is-not-christian) |
| 131 | Islamic Travelers (and subsequent religious-based bans) | 2016 | **[https://immigrationhistory.org/item/muslim-travel-ban/](https://immigrationhistory.org/item/muslim-travel-ban/)** |
| 132 | Jade Helm will have US Military ‘take over’ US. | 2016 | [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/hysteria-over-jade-helm-exercise-texas-was-fueled-russians-former-cia-/](https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/hysteria-over-jade-helm-exercise-texas-was-fueled-russians-former-cia-/) |
| 133 | Melania Trump is an inspiration as a foreign-born First Lady | 2016 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/07/18/melania-trump-republican-convention/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/07/18/melania-trump-republican-convention/) |
| 134 | Mocking the concept of “Safe Spaces” | 2016 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe\_space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_space) |
| 135 | Obama caused ISIS | 2016 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/us/politics/trump-rally.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/us/politics/trump-rally.html) |
| 136 | Obama Katrina 02: Affordable Housing | 2016 | [https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-suburbs-to-be-less-white-and-less-wealthy/](https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-suburbs-to-be-less-white-and-less-wealthy/) |
| 137 | PizzaGate | 2016 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate\_conspiracy\_theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory) |
| 138 | Republicans became Pro-Slavery when Michelle Obama said she lived in a house built by slaves. | 2016 | [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/bill-oreilly-slaves-white-house-226257](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/bill-oreilly-slaves-white-house-226257) |
| 139 | RINO 's are The Evil | 2016 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican\_in\_Name\_Only](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_in_Name_Only) |
| 140 | Target announcing non-discrimination against transgenders | 2016 | [https://www.newsday.com/business/target-boycott-over-transgender-inclusive-bathrooms-gains-support-r45654](https://www.newsday.com/business/target-boycott-over-transgender-inclusive-bathrooms-gains-support-r45654) |
| 141 | Teen Vogue writes Anti-Trump articles, how dare they, stick to “teen stuff”! | 2016 | [https://www.cjr.org/special\_report/ok-seriously-teen-vogue-mccammond-wintour.php](https://www.cjr.org/special_report/ok-seriously-teen-vogue-mccammond-wintour.php) |
| 142 | Trump Fact-Checked during debate | 2016, 2020, 2024 | [https://newrepublic.com/post/183179/maga-reaction-cnn-fact-checking-biden-trump-debate](https://newrepublic.com/post/183179/maga-reaction-cnn-fact-checking-biden-trump-debate) |
| 143 | Trump was sent by God | 2016 | [https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-24/trumps-most-hard-core-supporters-really-think-he-was-sent-by-god](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-06-24/trumps-most-hard-core-supporters-really-think-he-was-sent-by-god) |
| 144 | AOC is The Evil | 2017 | [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9992727/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortezs-biggest-hypocrisies-controversies-allegations-fledgling-career.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9992727/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortezs-biggest-hypocrisies-controversies-allegations-fledgling-career.html) |
| 145 | Caravans of Migrants | 2017 | [https://www.vox.com/2018/10/24/18010340/caravan-trump-border-honduras-mexico](https://www.vox.com/2018/10/24/18010340/caravan-trump-border-honduras-mexico) |
| 146 | Confederate Statues | 2017 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal\_of\_Confederate\_monuments\_and\_memorials#:~:text=Opponents%20view%20removing%20the%20monuments,or%20alteration%20of%20public%20monuments.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials#:~:text=Opponents%20view%20removing%20the%20monuments,or%20alteration%20of%20public%20monuments.) |
| 147 | George Zimmerman | 2017 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing\_of\_Trayvon\_Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Trayvon_Martin) |
| 148 | Government shutdown: 2017 | 2017 | [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/trump-shutdown-announcement-1125529](https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/25/trump-shutdown-announcement-1125529) |
| 149 | Jim Acosta (How dare he ask the President questions?) | 2017 | [https://nypost.com/2018/11/07/jim-acosta-violated-one-of-the-oldest-rules-of-journalism/](https://nypost.com/2018/11/07/jim-acosta-violated-one-of-the-oldest-rules-of-journalism/) |
| 150 | Kathy Griffin (Decapitated Trump Head) | 2017 | [Kathy Griffin on the Trump head photo: After death threats, cancellations and investigations, the comedian says she'd do it all again - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kathy-griffin-on-death-threats-cancellations-investigations-over-trump-severed-head-photo/) |
| 151 | Kneeling by Kaepernik | 2017 | [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/16/republicans-are-still-running-against-colin-kaepernick-218371/](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/16/republicans-are-still-running-against-colin-kaepernick-218371/) |
| 152 | Kuerig (destroying machines after advertising pulled from Hannity) | 2017 | [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/13/16643884/sean-hannity-keurig-boycott](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/13/16643884/sean-hannity-keurig-boycott) |
| 153 | Large crowd sizes at 2017 inaugral | 2017 | [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14347298/trump-inauguration-crowd-size](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14347298/trump-inauguration-crowd-size) |
| 154 | Qanon | 2017 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanon) |
| 155 | Sanctuary Cities | 2017 | [https://www.reuters.com/article/legal/what-are-sanctuary-cities-and-why-is-trump-targeting-them-idUSKBN20J25Q/](https://www.reuters.com/article/legal/what-are-sanctuary-cities-and-why-is-trump-targeting-them-idUSKBN20J25Q/) |
| 156 | Sarah H Sanders being heckled at a restaurant | 2017 | [Red Hen restaurant controversy - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hen_restaurant_controversy) |
| 157 | Transexuals playing school sports | 2017 | [https://ohiohouse.gov/news/democratic/ohio-republicans-want-to-force-children-to-undergo-genital-exams-to-play-high-school-sports-110422](https://ohiohouse.gov/news/democratic/ohio-republicans-want-to-force-children-to-undergo-genital-exams-to-play-high-school-sports-110422) |
| 158 | Unite the Right rally | 2017 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite\_the\_Right\_rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally) |
| 159 | “Happy Holidays!” | 2018 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/using-merry-christmas-or-happy-holidays-no-longer-about-putting-ncna1106181](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/using-merry-christmas-or-happy-holidays-no-longer-about-putting-ncna1106181) |
| 160 | “Leslie Stahl is being mean to Trumpie!” | 2018 | [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-60-minutes-interview-lesley-stahl/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-60-minutes-interview-lesley-stahl/) |
| 161 | Antifa | 2018 | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/X56rQkDgd0qqB7R68t6t7C/seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-antifa](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/X56rQkDgd0qqB7R68t6t7C/seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-antifa) |
| 162 | Avocado toast as an example of Millennial ‘waste’ | 2018 | [https://jeffjbutler.com/2019/04/12/where-did-the-avocado-toast-millennial-stereotype-come-from/](https://jeffjbutler.com/2019/04/12/where-did-the-avocado-toast-millennial-stereotype-come-from/) |
| 163 | BLM in general | 2018 | |
| 164 | BLM/Antifa riots have destroyed cities | 2018 | [5 Myths About the Protests in Portland - Ms. Magazine](https://msmagazine.com/2020/07/28/5-myths-about-the-protests-in-portland/) |
| 165 | Blue Lives Matter/Thin Blue Line/Police fetishism | 2018 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue\_Lives\_Matter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lives_Matter) |
| 166 | David Hogg | 2018 | [https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-david-hogg-video/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-david-hogg-video/index.html) |
| 167 | Government shutdown:2018 | 2018 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government\_shutdowns\_in\_the\_United\_States#:~:text=The%20shutdown%20began%20on%2022,the%202018%20mid%2Dterm%20elections.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20shutdown%20began%20on%2022,the%202018%20mid%2Dterm%20elections.) |
| 168 | Greta Thunberg | 2018 | [https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/24/politics/trump-greta-thunberg-climate-change-trnd/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/24/politics/trump-greta-thunberg-climate-change-trnd/index.html) |
| 169 | Losing Advertiser Support = Free Speech being Suppressed | 2018 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/first-amendment-conservatives-supreme-court.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/first-amendment-conservatives-supreme-court.html) |
| 170 | Michelle Wolf joking about Sarah H Sanders | 2018 | [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/michelle-wolf-slammed-vile-sarah-huckabee-sanders-jokes-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1106776/](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/michelle-wolf-slammed-vile-sarah-huckabee-sanders-jokes-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1106776/) |
| 171 | Nancy Pelosi ripping Trump’s speech in half | 2018 | [https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/us-speaker-pelosi-says-she-ripped-up-trump-speech-because-it-shredded-the-tru-idUSKBN1ZZ2NW/](https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/us-speaker-pelosi-says-she-ripped-up-trump-speech-because-it-shredded-the-tru-idUSKBN1ZZ2NW/) |
| 172 | Nascar (banned confederate flag) | 2018 | [https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/06/trump-rips-nascar-for-confederate-flag-ban-targets-black-driver-bubba-wallace.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/06/trump-rips-nascar-for-confederate-flag-ban-targets-black-driver-bubba-wallace.html) |
| 173 | National Butterfly Center | 2018 | [https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/02/national-butterfly-center-conspiracy-threats/](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/02/national-butterfly-center-conspiracy-threats/) |
| 174 | Obeying the Law is unfair if you’re in power (Lewindowski running for Congress the day he is indicted.) | 2018 | |
| 175 | Paper Straw Controversy | 2018 | [https://slate.com/business/2019/09/plastic-straw-bans-paper-culture-war.html](https://slate.com/business/2019/09/plastic-straw-bans-paper-culture-war.html) |
| 176 | Poor Brett Kavanaugh! What does his possibly being an alchoholic rapist have to do with anything? | 2018 | [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/27/17906838/brett-kavanaugh-alcohol-sexual-assault-allegations](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/27/17906838/brett-kavanaugh-alcohol-sexual-assault-allegations) |
| 177 | Release the Memo! | 2018 | [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/release-the-memo-whats-the-conspiracy-behind-the-right-wing-meme-120321/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/release-the-memo-whats-the-conspiracy-behind-the-right-wing-meme-120321/) |
| 178 | Samantha Bee calls Ivanka a “Feckless Cunt” | 2018 | |
| 179 | Sexuality | 2018 | |
| 180 | The Wall around Obama’s house meant he was a hypocrite about the border wall! | 2018 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-compares-border-wall-wall-around-obama-home-n953166](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-compares-border-wall-wall-around-obama-home-n953166) |
| 181 | Walmart selling satanic messages in music | 2018 | [https://www.patheos.com/blogs/steelmagnificat/2019/03/8417/](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/steelmagnificat/2019/03/8417/) |
| 182 | Gay Cakes | 2018 | [https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human\_rights\_magazine\_home/the-ongoing-challenge-to-define-free-speech/not-a-masterpiece/](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-ongoing-challenge-to-define-free-speech/not-a-masterpiece/) |
| 183 | Democrats are banning beef! | 2019 | [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/politics/fact-check-biden-climate-plan-red-meat-hamburger/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/26/politics/fact-check-biden-climate-plan-red-meat-hamburger/index.html) |
| 184 | Arabic Numbers | 2019 | [https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/poll-56-percent-of-americans-dont-want-arabic-numerals-taught-in-schools](https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/poll-56-percent-of-americans-dont-want-arabic-numerals-taught-in-schools) |
| 185 | George Floyd | 2019 | |
| 186 | Gillette (said toxic masculinity is bad in a 2019 ad, toxic whining ensued) | 2019 | [https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46874617](https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46874617) |
| 187 | Hunter Biden | 2019 | [https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-gun-trial-federal-charges-delaware-5dd8a9380235c6360a1ddb691ef24a06](https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-gun-trial-federal-charges-delaware-5dd8a9380235c6360a1ddb691ef24a06) |
| 188 | Kyle Rittenhouse worship | 2019 | [https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-worship-is-just-the-beginning-for-twisted-gop](https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-worship-is-just-the-beginning-for-twisted-gop) |
| 189 | Nike (Colin K ad causes people to burn their shoes) | 2019 | [Nike Ad With Colin Kaepernick Has People Burning Products - Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/nike-advert-with-colin-kaepernick-has-people-burning-products-2018-9) |
| 190 | Nikole Hannah-Jones @ NC | 2019 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/business/media/nikole-hannah-jones-unc.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/business/media/nikole-hannah-jones-unc.html) |
| 191 | Pronouns | 2019 | [https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/01/pronouns-schools-supreme-court-00118832](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/01/pronouns-schools-supreme-court-00118832) |
| 192 | The 1619 Project | 2019 | [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/) |
| 193 | The Hunt (2019 film Trump rage-tweeted about. The controversy caused the film to be released streaming only) | 2019 | [https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-the-hunt-controversy-and-cancellation-explained.html](https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/all-the-hunt-controversy-and-cancellation-explained.html) |
| 194 | Trump whines about Low-flow flush toilets | 2019 | [https://apnews.com/trump-complains-low-flow-toilets-are-flush-with-problems-7a9a494570b7a505017e726ddbea321f](https://apnews.com/trump-complains-low-flow-toilets-are-flush-with-problems-7a9a494570b7a505017e726ddbea321f) |
| 195 | Windmills cause cancer | 2019 | [Reality Check: Does Wind Energy Kill Birds And Cause Cancer? - CBS Minnesota](https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/reality-check-does-wind-energy-kill-birds-cause-cancer/) |
| 196 | Wokism | 2019 | [What Does ‘Woke’ Even Mean? How A Decades-Old Racial Justice Term Became Co-Opted By Politics](https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/06/06/what-does-woke-even-mean-how-a-decades-old-racial-justice-term-became-co-opted-by-politics/) |
| 197 | “After I acted like a fascist, racist, grifter, libs are preventing me from getting a job!” | 2020 | [https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/03/can-a-conservative-survive-in-corporate-america/](https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/03/can-a-conservative-survive-in-corporate-america/) |
| 198 | Anti-Fauci | | [On the campaign trail, GOP ramps up anti-science messaging](https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/25/republicans-campaign-anti-science-anti-fauci/) |
| 199 | Arnold becomes a RINO because of masks | 2020 | [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/arnold-schwarzenegger-covid-vaccines-masks-op-ed-1234997508/](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/arnold-schwarzenegger-covid-vaccines-masks-op-ed-1234997508/) |
| 200 | Biden’s dementia (compared to “man, woman, person, camera, TV”) | 2020 | |

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| 201 | Big Bird | 2020 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/big-bird-vaccine-announcement-sparks-backlash-conservatives-gop-n1283425](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/big-bird-vaccine-announcement-sparks-backlash-conservatives-gop-n1283425) |
| 202 | Cancel Culture | 2020 | [https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/594423-the-cancel-culture-of-the-right/](https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/594423-the-cancel-culture-of-the-right/) |
| 203 | Child smuggling in furniture (in general, actually) | 2020 | [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53416247](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53416247) |
| 204 | COVID Vaccine | 2020 | [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00136-8/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00136-8/fulltext) |
| 205 | Cracker Barrel offers Impossible Sausage, makes zero other changes. | 2020 | [https://baptistnews.com/article/are-left-wing-radicals-pushing-cracker-barrel-to-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/](https://baptistnews.com/article/are-left-wing-radicals-pushing-cracker-barrel-to-the-edge-of-the-slippery-slope/) |
| 206 | Defund the Police (no!) | 2020 | [https://www.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics/factcheck\_fa5dd2d9-baea-4f8c-bd53-7e9c70b1765d](https://www.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics/factcheck_fa5dd2d9-baea-4f8c-bd53-7e9c70b1765d) |
| 207 | Disney is too woke for Ron Desantis | 2020 | [https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/16/desantis-slams-disney-again-promises-more-changes-to-higher-education/74424800007/](https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/16/desantis-slams-disney-again-promises-more-changes-to-higher-education/74424800007/) |
| 208 | Doctor Suess estate removing books | 2020 | [https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/books/buy-dr-seuss-books-online-1136080/](https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/books/buy-dr-seuss-books-online-1136080/) |
| 209 | Dominion Voting Machines | 2020 | [Fox, Dominion reach $787.5M settlement over false election claims | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-trial-trump-2020-0ac71f75acfacc52ea80b3e747fb0afe) |
| 210 | Genders (identity) | 2020 | |
| 211 | Ivermectin | 2020 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/31/ivermectin-is-signature-example-politics-trumping-health/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/31/ivermectin-is-signature-example-politics-trumping-health/) |
| 212 | Jill Biden is NOT a ‘Doctor’. (She is. Just not a medical doctor.) | 2020 | [https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2020/12/18/whats-really-behind-the-flap-over-jill-bidens-doctorate/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2020/12/18/whats-really-behind-the-flap-over-jill-bidens-doctorate/) |
| 213 | Mail-In ballots | 2020 | [https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/09/16/legitimacy-of-voting-by-mail-politicized-leaving-americans-divided/](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/09/16/legitimacy-of-voting-by-mail-politicized-leaving-americans-divided/) |
| 214 | Masks | 2020 | [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/rethinking-evidence-in-the-time-of-pandemics/whose-evidence-what-rationality-the-face-mask-controversy/1C33D57597FF79B04FF6845825816A39](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/rethinking-evidence-in-the-time-of-pandemics/whose-evidence-what-rationality-the-face-mask-controversy/1C33D57597FF79B04FF6845825816A39) |
| 215 | Nancy Pelosi at Hairdresser | 2020 | [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-san-francisco-hair-salon-owner-calls-it-slap-in-the-face](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-san-francisco-hair-salon-owner-calls-it-slap-in-the-face) |
| 216 | Nick Sandmann - High Schooler who arranged confrontation with NA activist for conservative Grift Point$ | 2020 | [https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/07/27/covington-catholic-nicholas-sandmann-defamation-suit-dismissed](https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/07/27/covington-catholic-nicholas-sandmann-defamation-suit-dismissed) |
| 217 | Old People Should Die for the Economy (Dan Patrick) | 2020 | [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/dan-patrick-coronavirus-grandparents](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/dan-patrick-coronavirus-grandparents) |
| 218 | People’s Convoy | 2022 | [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/people-convoy-trucker-protest-dc-b2045813.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/people-convoy-trucker-protest-dc-b2045813.html) |
| 219 | PePe LePew being left out of LeBrons Space Jam | 2020 | [Report: Looney Tunes' Pepé Le Pew faces backlash, won't be in Space Jam 2](https://foxillinois.com/news/entertainment/report-looney-tunes-pep-le-pew-faces-backlash-wont-be-in-space-jam-2-03-09-2021-165618975) |
| 220 | Plandemic | 2020 | [https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852451652/seen-plandemic-we-take-a-close-look-at-the-viral-conspiracy-video-s-claims](https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852451652/seen-plandemic-we-take-a-close-look-at-the-viral-conspiracy-video-s-claims) |
| 221 | Taylor Swift endorses Democrats | 2020 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/taylor-swift-endorses-joe-biden-president-n1242483](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/taylor-swift-endorses-joe-biden-president-n1242483) |
| 222 | The Big Lie | 2020 | [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182) |
| 223 | Transgenders will use the same bathroom as your children! | 2020 | |
| 224 | Walmart NOT selling guns! (Which Walmart reversed after conservative whining) | 2020 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/walmart-reverses-decision-remove-guns-ammo-store-shelves-n1245518](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/walmart-reverses-decision-remove-guns-ammo-store-shelves-n1245518) |
| 225 | When MLB moved the All-Star game from Atlanta | 2020 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mlb-pulls-all-star-game-georgia-wake-restrictive-new-voting-n1262930](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mlb-pulls-all-star-game-georgia-wake-restrictive-new-voting-n1262930) |
| 226 | “Let’s Go, Brandon!” | 2021 | [https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160](https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160) |
| 227 | Nancy Pelosi Gavel | 2021 | [https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/kevin-mccarthy-nancy-pelosi-gavel/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/politics/kevin-mccarthy-nancy-pelosi-gavel/index.html) |
| 228 | “Liberal/Woke/Gay Agenda” | 2021 | |
| 229 | “White Replacement Theory” (Carlson) | 2021 | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/17/buffalo-shooting-fox-news-tucker-carlson-great-replacement-theory](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/17/buffalo-shooting-fox-news-tucker-carlson-great-replacement-theory) |
| 230 | “White Supremacy is a hoax” (Carlson) | 2021 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tucker-carlsons-claim-that-white-supremacy-is-a-hoax-is-easy-to-prove-wrong-just-watch-his-show/2019/08/07/91ac782a-b90c-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tucker-carlsons-claim-that-white-supremacy-is-a-hoax-is-easy-to-prove-wrong-just-watch-his-show/2019/08/07/91ac782a-b90c-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html) |
| 231 | 2021 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Protest | 2021 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/nyregion/thanksgiving-parade-nonbinary-lgbt-protest.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/nyregion/thanksgiving-parade-nonbinary-lgbt-protest.html) |
| 232 | Baby Formula to illegal immigrants | 2021 | [https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-national-border-patrol-council-release-joint-statement-on-biden-administration-providing-baby-formula-to-illegal-immigrants-amid-national-shortage](https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-national-border-patrol-council-release-joint-statement-on-biden-administration-providing-baby-formula-to-illegal-immigrants-amid-national-shortage) |
| 233 | Cardi B’s WAP | 2021 | [The Controversy Around the Song “WAP” and Why It’s Important - The Athenaeum](https://theath.ca/arts-culture/the-controversy-around-the-song-wap-and-why-its-important/#:%5C%5C%5C~:text=Critics%20of%20the%20song%20have,discuss%20are%20normal%20and%20healthy) . |
| 234 | Cocaine Orgies | 2021 | [https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/madison-cawthorn-orgy-invite-cocaine-claim/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/madison-cawthorn-orgy-invite-cocaine-claim/index.html) |
| 235 | CRT | 2021 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020s\_controversies\_around\_critical\_race\_theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020s_controversies_around_critical_race_theory) |
| 236 | Dark Brandon - Started as a right-wing op (in China), was co-opted by the left. But, for the purposes of this list, it was INTENDED to be a RW freakout. | 2021 | [https://www.vox.com/culture/23300286/biden-dark-brandon-meme-maga-why-confusing-explained](https://www.vox.com/culture/23300286/biden-dark-brandon-meme-maga-why-confusing-explained) |
| 237 | Defund the FBI (yes!) | 2021 | [https://www.newsweek.com/no-country-law-men-gop-votes-defund-fbi-opinion-1882085](https://www.newsweek.com/no-country-law-men-gop-votes-defund-fbi-opinion-1882085) |
| 238 | Freedom Convoy | 2021 | [https://www.tvo.org/article/its-been-two-years-since-the-freedom-convoy-so-whats-changed](https://www.tvo.org/article/its-been-two-years-since-the-freedom-convoy-so-whats-changed) |
| 239 | January 6th denial | 2021 | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/one-year-ago-republicans-condemned-jan-6-insurrection-yesterday-their-response-was-far-more-muted](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/one-year-ago-republicans-condemned-jan-6-insurrection-yesterday-their-response-was-far-more-muted) |
| 240 | Jewish Space Lasers | 2021 | [https://ithaca.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay/alma999567744404016/01ITHACACOL\_INST:01ITHACACOL\_V1](https://ithaca.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay/alma999567744404016/01ITHACACOL_INST:01ITHACACOL_V1) |
| 241 | TN tries to make Bible “Official State Book” | 2021 | [https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/16/tennessee-bible-bill-legislation-making-aitken-bible-official-book-signed/73347739007/](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/16/tennessee-bible-bill-legislation-making-aitken-bible-official-book-signed/73347739007/) |
| 242 | Trump is secretly President! He will announce himself on Inaugration, er, President’s, er the First Day of, er, some day in August, er, when the COVID thing is straightened out, that’s the ticket! | 2021 | [https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/claimstrump-will-be-reinstated-on-august-13stem-from-debunked-conspiracy-theor-idUSL1N2OV1W3/](https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/claimstrump-will-be-reinstated-on-august-13stem-from-debunked-conspiracy-theor-idUSL1N2OV1W3/) |
| 243 | Yoga being taught to children | 2021 | [https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/why-schools-are-banning-yoga/570904/](https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/why-schools-are-banning-yoga/570904/) |
| 244 | “I did this!” stickers put on gas pumps | 2022 | ["I Did That!": Who Created the Joe Biden Gas-Pump Stickers, and Why? - Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-i-did-that-gas-pump-stickers-inflation-prices-2022-6) |
| 245 | “Turning Red” (Pixar movie) featured characters (a 9yo Asian-Canadian immigrant) white people could not relate to | 2022 | [https://www.vox.com/culture/22981394/turning-red-reviews-controversy-reactions-parents](https://www.vox.com/culture/22981394/turning-red-reviews-controversy-reactions-parents) |
| 246 | Anti Cheneyism | 2022 | [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/us/politics/liz-cheney-republican-party-trump.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/us/politics/liz-cheney-republican-party-trump.html) |
| 247 | Biden ate an ice cream cone | 2022 | [https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-jesse-watters-says-joe-biden-eating-ice-cream-is-too-casual](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-jesse-watters-says-joe-biden-eating-ice-cream-is-too-casual) |
| 248 | Biden’s $500k beach house wall | 2022 | [https://www.foxnews.com/video/6318465702112](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6318465702112) |
| 249 | Birth Control | 2022 | [https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/24/supreme-court-decision-suggests-the-legal-right-to-contraception-is-also-under-threat/](https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/24/supreme-court-decision-suggests-the-legal-right-to-contraception-is-also-under-threat/) |
| 250 | Britney Griner Getting Released from a Russian Prison… | 2022 | [https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-12-08/brittney-griner-released-russian-prison-reaction](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-12-08/brittney-griner-released-russian-prison-reaction) |
| 251 | … while Paul Whelan was not | 2022 | [https://thehill.com/policy/international/3771158-trump-says-he-turned-down-deal-to-release-paul-whelan/](https://thehill.com/policy/international/3771158-trump-says-he-turned-down-deal-to-release-paul-whelan/) |
| 252 | Elon Musk will bring Freedumb to Twitter! | 2022 | [https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-under-elon-musk](https://www.thefire.org/news/twitter-no-free-speech-haven-under-elon-musk) |
| 253 | Herschel Walker’s entire candidacy | 2022 | [https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/07/herschel-walker-georgia-senate-campaign-flaws-00072692](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/07/herschel-walker-georgia-senate-campaign-flaws-00072692) |
| 254 | Interracial Marriage under fire since Roe fell | 2022 | [https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/interracial-marriage-supreme-loving/](https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/interracial-marriage-supreme-loving/) |
| 255 | It’s OK to steal nuclear documents | 2022 | [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65852286](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65852286) |
| 256 | Light Bulbs (incandescent bulbs being phased out) | 2022 | [https://www.energy.gov/articles/debunking-myths-about-phasing-out-incandescent-lightbulb](https://www.energy.gov/articles/debunking-myths-about-phasing-out-incandescent-lightbulb) |
| 257 | Lizzo played a musical instrument 335,000,000 Americans didn’t know existed | 2022 | [https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/09/29/lizzo-flute-james-madison-racist-history-huppke/8125708001/](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/09/29/lizzo-flute-james-madison-racist-history-huppke/8125708001/) |
| 258 | Mermaids should only be white! | 2022 | [https://thedailyq.org/12068/features/what-does-the-new-little-mermaid-say-about-racism-and-representation-in-childrens-media/](https://thedailyq.org/12068/features/what-does-the-new-little-mermaid-say-about-racism-and-representation-in-childrens-media/) |
| 259 | Mississippi makes it illegal to use the word “burger” in re: to animal product burgers | 2022 | [https://baptistnews.com/article/hungering-for-a-christian-response-to-mississippis-veggie-burger-ban/#.YvB0A-zMKNY](https://baptistnews.com/article/hungering-for-a-christian-response-to-mississippis-veggie-burger-ban/#.YvB0A-zMKNY) |
| 260 | Pelosi has expensive ice cream! During Coronavirus! | 2022 | [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/16/nancy\_pelosis\_quarantine\_stash\_of\_very\_expensive\_ice\_cream\_in\_a\_very\_expensive\_freezer.html](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/16/nancy_pelosis_quarantine_stash_of_very_expensive_ice_cream_in_a_very_expensive_freezer.html) |
| 261 | Sex Toys at Target/CVS (A MTG Special!) | 2022 | [https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v9m4/republican-gala-marjorie-taylor-greene-buttplugs-sex-toys-tucker-carlson](https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5v9m4/republican-gala-marjorie-taylor-greene-buttplugs-sex-toys-tucker-carlson) |
| 262 | Stop the (Kari Lake) Steal | 2022 | [https://www.wsj.com/articles/kari-lakes-loss-destroys-stop-the-steal-arizona-gop-donald-trump-election-blake-masters-kimberly-yee-11668538320](https://www.wsj.com/articles/kari-lakes-loss-destroys-stop-the-steal-arizona-gop-donald-trump-election-blake-masters-kimberly-yee-11668538320) |
| 263 | Student Loan Debt Forgiveness: Bad! PPP Loan Forgiveness: Good! | 2022 | [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/white-house-again-weaponizes-ppp-loans-in-defense-of-student-debt-relief-1cd5a557](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/white-house-again-weaponizes-ppp-loans-in-defense-of-student-debt-relief-1cd5a557) |
| 264 | Students are forced to identify as animals | 2022 | [https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/no-evidence-that-us-schoolchildren-are-self-identifying-as-animals-and-disrupt-idUSL1N2YN1O2/](https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/no-evidence-that-us-schoolchildren-are-self-identifying-as-animals-and-disrupt-idUSL1N2YN1O2/) |
| 265 | Suicide Prevention Hotlines (grooming pedophiles) | 2022 | [https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained](https://www.vox.com/culture/23025505/leftist-groomers-homophobia-satanic-panic-explained) |
| 266 | Woke D&D | 2022 | [https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/08/19/dungeons-and-dragons-players-face-the-scariest-monster-of-all-the-radical-left/](https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/08/19/dungeons-and-dragons-players-face-the-scariest-monster-of-all-the-radical-left/) |
| 267 | “15 minute cities” are a sign of Big Government Oppression | 2023 | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute\_city#Conspiracy\_theories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city#Conspiracy_theories) |
| 268 | “Woke-fil-a” - Chick-fil-a has a DEI officer, the horror | 2023 | [https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/31/23742373/chick-fil-a-boycott-controversy-conservative-backlash](https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/31/23742373/chick-fil-a-boycott-controversy-conservative-backlash) |
| 269 | “The Hill We Climb,” the poem written by Amanda Gorman for President Joe Biden’s inauguration, was moved out of the elementary section of one Miami-Dade County public school because of one conservative protest | 2023 | [https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami-school-moves-biden-inaugural-poem/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/miami-school-moves-biden-inaugural-poem/index.html) |
| 270 | A 50yo recipe, the “Orange Fool”, outraged the Right who assumed it was talking about… the orange fool. | 2023 | [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-eighteenth-century-custard-recipe-that-enraged-trump-supporters](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-eighteenth-century-custard-recipe-that-enraged-trump-supporters) |
| 271 | A breakfast restaurant has the temerity to call itself “Woke”. | 2023 | [https://www.levelman.com/conservatives-are-butthurt-over-a-connecticut-restaurant-named-woke/](https://www.levelman.com/conservatives-are-butthurt-over-a-connecticut-restaurant-named-woke/) |
| 272 | Banning Electric Cars to save the fossil fuel industry (Wyoming) | 2023 | [https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/17/wyoming-ban-electric-vehicles-cars-2035/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/17/wyoming-ban-electric-vehicles-cars-2035/) |
| 273 | ChatGPT can’t write a poem praising Trump, but could for Biden! | 2023 | [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chatgpt-trump-admiring-poem/](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chatgpt-trump-admiring-poem/) |
| 274 | ChatGPT won’t say the n-word! | 2023 | [https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnv59/conservatives-are-obsessed-with-getting-chatgpt-to-say-the-n-word](https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnv59/conservatives-are-obsessed-with-getting-chatgpt-to-say-the-n-word) |
| 275 | CHINESE BALLOONBIDENBIOWEAPON! | 2023 | [https://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-warns-chinese-balloon-173807033.html](https://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-warns-chinese-balloon-173807033.html) |
| 276 | Demar Hamlin was injured because he was Covid vaxxed. | 2023 | [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/01/12/fact-check-no-proof-link-between-hamlins-injury-covid-19-vaccine/11025775002/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/01/12/fact-check-no-proof-link-between-hamlins-injury-covid-19-vaccine/11025775002/) |
| 277 | Drag shows are corrupting our kids! | 2023 | [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2023/mar/10/drag-show-bans-tennessee-lgbtq-rights](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2023/mar/10/drag-show-bans-tennessee-lgbtq-rights) |
| 278 | Fox News gets mad at mascot for near-forgotten eatery A&W for… reasons. | 2023 | [https://thetakeout.com/aw-rooty-root-beer-bear-pants-fox-news-joke-tv-mms-post-1850030754](https://thetakeout.com/aw-rooty-root-beer-bear-pants-fox-news-joke-tv-mms-post-1850030754) |
| 279 | Gas Stove Freakout | 2023 | [https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/14/joe-biden-gas-stoves-00077944](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/14/joe-biden-gas-stoves-00077944) |
| 280 | Jordan Peterson gets mad at a towel dispenser | 2023 | [https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1628292293173342208?s=20](https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1628292293173342208?s=20) |
| 281 | Kevin McCarthy Speakership “Race” | 2023 | [https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-race-vote-kevin-mccarthy-watch-live-stream-today-2023-01-06/](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-race-vote-kevin-mccarthy-watch-live-stream-today-2023-01-06/) |
| 282 | Legos are now “Woke”. (Really, “Woke” should be a classification under which a lot of RWF’s are assigned.) | 2023 | [https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-is-now-mad-about-woke-one-legged-legos](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-is-now-mad-about-woke-one-legged-legos) |
| 283 | Milk Choice - Elise Stefanik gets mad about chocolate milk not being offered in some schools | 2023 | [Stefanik Introduces Bill to Protect Milk Choices in Schools | Press Releases | Congresswoman Elise Stefanik](https://stefanik.house.gov/2023/2/stefanik-introduces-bill-to-protect-milk-choices-in-schools) |
| 284 | MtG kicked out of Freedom Caucus because she voted for the budget deal | 2023 | [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/freedom-caucus-members-voted-oust-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-unclear-w-rcna92960](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/freedom-caucus-members-voted-oust-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-unclear-w-rcna92960) |
| 285 | OAN increases annual fee for DirectTV from $0 to $13 million. DTV says “no”, drops OAN. Right freaks out. | 2023 | [https://www.forbes.com/sites/derekbaine/2022/03/16/directv-dropping-one-america-news-network-a-trump-favorite-despite-lawsuit/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/derekbaine/2022/03/16/directv-dropping-one-america-news-network-a-trump-favorite-despite-lawsuit/) |
| 286 | Pink Floyd is too woke! (50th anniversary logo redo) | 2023 | [https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/pink-floyd-fans-slam-bands-cover-art-as-woke-despite-50-year-history/](https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/pink-floyd-fans-slam-bands-cover-art-as-woke-despite-50-year-history/) |
| 287 | Pizza Ovens are being destroyed by the Libs! | 2023 | [https://thetakeout.com/new-york-pizza-restaurant-air-quality-law-filter-rules-1850586727](https://thetakeout.com/new-york-pizza-restaurant-air-quality-law-filter-rules-1850586727) |
| 288 | Power Saving on Game Consoles | 2023 | [Xbox becomes first 'carbon aware' console, but not everyone is happy: 'Woke brigade is after video games' | Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/media/xbox-becomes-first-carbon-aware-console-not-everyone-happy-woke-brigade-video-games.amp) |
| 289 | Right is mad about Chic-Fil-A’s veggie chicken sandwich. | 2023 | [https://gizmodo.com/conservative-controversy-chick-fil-a-cauliflower-sandwi-1850100961](https://gizmodo.com/conservative-controversy-chick-fil-a-cauliflower-sandwi-1850100961) |
| 290 | Ron Desantis and the Florida R’s propose bill limiting criticism of the government. | 2023 | [https://washingtonpress.com/2023/02/22/silenced-florida-bill-would-severely-limit-criticism-of-government](https://washingtonpress.com/2023/02/22/silenced-florida-bill-would-severely-limit-criticism-of-government) |
| 291 | RW tries to tank US economy over debt limit. | 2023 | [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/06/gop-protest-debt-ceiling-mccarthy/70295262007/](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/06/gop-protest-debt-ceiling-mccarthy/70295262007/) |
| 292 | Tap water turns men gay | 2023 | [https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-2659498268/](https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-2659498268/) |
| 293 | Target has some Pride clothing items, Right freaks out, threatens Target employees. | 2023 | [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65692233](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65692233) |
| 294 | The Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, was sung at the 2023 Super Bowl. Guess who got upset? | 2023 | [https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/1624845737585524741?s=20&t=IfQClwDjDBLJcPXFsCR1yA](https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/1624845737585524741?s=20&t=IfQClwDjDBLJcPXFsCR1yA) |
| 295 | The Bud Light controversy - One Instagram post and the Right loses their shit | 2023 | [https://www.newsweek.com/bud-light-faces-boycott-trans-activist-partnership-dylan-mulvaney-1792192](https://www.newsweek.com/bud-light-faces-boycott-trans-activist-partnership-dylan-mulvaney-1792192) |
| 296 | Tucker Carlson rants about which M&M he wants to fuck, gets so goddamned weird about it Mars Inc was like “yeah, maybe you people are such twisted snowflakes that giving fake characters, based on a candy, actual genders might get us literally shot.” | 2023 | [https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/01/22/tucker-carlson-widely-mocked-after-criticizing-less-sexy-mms/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2022/01/22/tucker-carlson-widely-mocked-after-criticizing-less-sexy-mms/) |
| 297 | Water Flouridation is a Communist conspiracy | 1940s-1960s | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water\_fluoridation\_controversy#Communist\_conspiracy\_theory\_(1940s%E2%80%931960s)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy#Communist_conspiracy_theory_(1940s%E2%80%931960s)) |
| 298 | Death Panels | 1994 AND 2010 | [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26195604/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26195604/) |
| 299 | Republicans mad about Obama’s Christmas cards | 2008-2016 | [https://www.businessinsider.com/sarah-palin-bashes-the-obama-white-house-christmas-card-2011-12](https://www.businessinsider.com/sarah-palin-bashes-the-obama-white-house-christmas-card-2011-12) |
| 300 | Obama Katrina 13: Fort Hood shootings | 2009 | **[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/10/fort-hood-shootings-obama](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/10/fort-hood-shootings-obama)** |
| 301 | Obama Katrina 14: Kentucky Ice Storm | 2009 | [Is the Kentucky Ice Storm Obama's Katrina? - Digital Journal](https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/is-the-kentucky-ice-storm-obamas-katrina/article/266732) |
| 302 | Coal Rollers | 2010-current | [https://freebeacon.com/men-of-the-year/man-of-the-year-texas-teen-who-rolled-coal-on-cyclists/](https://freebeacon.com/men-of-the-year/man-of-the-year-texas-teen-who-rolled-coal-on-cyclists/) |
| 303 | “The Debates are unfair!” | Every 4 years | |
| 304 | “Thoughts and Prayers” as a response for every shooting in America | Every Day (literally) | |
| 305 | \*THE\* MLK quote - The only MLK quote conservatives quote is the ‘content of character’ line. | Every January | |
| 306 | Amend the Constitution so that Foreign Conservative of the Moment can be President! | Every So Often | |
| 307 | College Speakers | Every So Often | |
| 308 | Satanic Panics | Every So Often | |
| 309 | People being effective is a sign that Obama/Biden is failing! (i.e., “Agents siezed a record amount of fentynal” gets translated to “Our agents are failing and it’s the Presidents fault”) | Whenever a Dem is President. | |
| 310 | Trump Bears | 2024 | [Trumpy Bear, 2017-2020 - The Henry Ford](https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/512595/) |
| 311 | Trump Golden Statue | 2021 | [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/26/22302887/trump-cpac-2021-republican-gold-statue](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/26/22302887/trump-cpac-2021-republican-gold-statue) |
| 312 | Taylor Swift dates a football player | 2024 | [Conspiracy theories surround Taylor Swift. These GOP voters don't care | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/taylor-swift-conspiracies-biden-republican-voters-reaction-b5192ca92541f1f04485e3d8c7c24e53) |
| 313 | Biden impeachment | 2023 | |

Imagine trying to cancel ChatGPT for not saying the N-word. In Harlan Ellison’s _I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream_, he never explained why the AI hated so much, but I can now safely conjecture it is because the Right trained it to hate.

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Since then, we had the “cancellation of the Olympics”, the “Cancellation of Cracker Barrel (2)” (changing logos), JD Vance Jizz Cups (making fun of Tim Walz’s wife using IVF), the Gun-Emoji cancellation, cancelling a school having bathrooms with stalls and doors, and the current “Cancel everyone who doesn’t properly care about Kirk’s death”, my God, the list is so long I had to take 3 GD posts to highlight just the ones we _remember_.

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> Let’s think through the consequences of getting someone “canceled”. If you succeed, you render that person unemployable. Eventually, their unemployment benefits run out. And if they can’t find another job and aren’t independently wealthy, they sink into poverty. If they can’t pay their rent or mortgage, they get evicted. If they get evicted, and they don’t have friends or family they can fall back on, they end up on the streets.

Huzzah! I’ve not quite seen a slope so thoroughly lubed m’sir!

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“Don’t end up in the streets. Get rid of cable and upgrade to DirecTV.”

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That list… is a thing of beauty.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1030 "2025-09-18T17:23:58Z")

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Yeah–it’s pretty awesome. Thank you, @JohnT!

For myself, I remember two high school teachers:

1. The gay English teacher who had dead animals thrown into his classroom and who was almost fired because he gave students a list of classic works by gay authors, and at least one of the works spoke explicitly about sex. It wasn’t required reading, but nonetheless he was treated as a pedophile.

2. The conservative history teacher who sneeringly told students–knowing that some of them were gay–that homosexuals should be thrown into prison, and told students–some of whom were Black–that slavery was the best thing to ever happen to Black people since it introduced them to Christianity and civilization. He was lauded as a devil’s advocate.

So don’t come at me about how the Left is the driver of cancel culture.

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1031 "2025-09-19T14:37:47Z")

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That was quite an impressive list of cancellations by the Right.

One thing I’ve noticed: Correct me if I’m wrong, but have any Republicans proposed any concrete solutions to “cancel culture”? They’d have to do something about “at will employment”, and that wouldn’t be very business friendly, now would it? How does voting Republican change anything? If anything, having Republicans in office simply energizes the Left, because they feel powerless and want to do something to hold the other side accountable.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1032 "2025-09-19T15:11:34Z")

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> [@Blalron](#):
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> One thing I’ve noticed: Correct me if I’m wrong, but have any Republicans proposed any concrete solutions to “cancel culture”?

On the contrary, for them the more cancelling, the better.

[https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/18/congress/house-oversight-rejects-bid-to-subpoena-fccs-brendan-carr-00571727](https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/18/congress/house-oversight-rejects-bid-to-subpoena-fccs-brendan-carr-00571727)

> Republicans on the House Oversight Committee refused to subpoena Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr after television stations across the country suspended comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show amid comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk.

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**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1033 "2025-09-24T19:21:01Z")

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> **[Kimmel Returns, Says Trump Effort to 'Cancel' Him 'Backfi...](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/tracewilliamcowen/kimmel-says-effort-to-cancel-him-backfired-bigly-release-epstein-files)**
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> Jimmy Kimmel returns after being yanked off the air, sayi...

# Kimmel Says Effort to ‘Cancel’ Him ‘Backfired Bigly’: ‘Release the Epstein Files to Distract Us’

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**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-and-canceling-versus-consequences-for-actions/1020644/1034 "2025-10-14T22:13:16Z")

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I’m going to run the risk of being a big mean cancel-baby who ruins reputations by sharing this: [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146)

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