# Cancel Culture and Canceling versus consequences for actions

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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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