# Cancel culture on the right **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912 "2021-05-12T14:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/21 "2021-05-13T03:45:55Z")
Bombing abortion clinics seemed pretty bold. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/22 "2021-05-13T04:17:03Z")
He wasnt blacklisted. He is a bad QB. His running cant compensate for his lack of passing skills. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/23 "2021-05-13T04:21:14Z")
He was good enough to be kept on the team and the payroll until he took a knee. He had enough skill until those moments. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/24 "2021-05-13T04:22:18Z")
I’ll grant that he’s not up to the caliber expected of a _starting_ QB, but you can’t possibly tell me that he’s not able to make any roster as a backup QB when guys like Nathan Peterman and Mike Glennon are still in the league, if blacklisting is supposedly not an issue for him. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/25 "2021-05-13T04:24:30Z")
Nonsense. He played 12 games for the 49ers after kneeling and CK opted out of the final year of his contract. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/26 "2021-05-13T04:25:10Z")
CPAC’s 2021 “American Uncancelled” event cancelled a speaker due to anti-semitic tweets. > **[CPAC Cancels Anti-Semitic Speaker Invited to Anti-Cancel Culture Conference](https://www.thewrap.com/cpac-cancels-anti-semitic-speaker-invited-to-anti-cancel-culture-conference/)** > > This year's CPAC is themed "America Uncanceled" ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/27 "2021-05-13T04:31:21Z")
This could be but do we know what his salary and playing time demands were? Also, the drama that follows him around would be very distracting for any team that would sign him. His footballing abilities arent enough to compensate for his intangibles. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/28 "2021-05-13T04:41:15Z")
Sorry, but those are bullshit arguments. CK was blacklisted and any arguments he wasn’t are mere reality denying. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/29 "2021-05-13T10:20:26Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Bombing abortion clinics seemed pretty bold. That’s terrorism, not cancel culture. On the subject of Kaepernick, we have had multiple long threads on that so I would appreciate not repeating that back and forth here. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/30 "2021-05-13T10:23:29Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Also, the drama that follows him around would be very distracting for any team that would sign him. That right there is pretty much the heart of so-called “cancel culture.” If someone is losing their job over their speech because their boss is afraid of “distractions”, yeah, this is what the right wing is so up in arms about. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/31 "2021-05-13T12:27:53Z")
edit:nm ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/32 "2021-05-13T12:45:48Z")
Lol. The CK affair had nothing to do with partisan politics. As mentioned above he wasnt good enough to start in the NFL. Secondly the NFL is a unique business. It requires a level of cooperation to succeed that most other businesses dont. A guy who would divide a team is going to make winning much harder. If nothing else was different about CK except that he were a rabid Trumper then the outcome would be the same. A team sport demands that the focus be on the team. Other better players (Richard Sherman) have no problem speaking out on social issues. They just do it smarter. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/33 "2021-05-13T13:01:15Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Lol. The CK affair had nothing to do with partisan politics. As mentioned above he wasnt good enough to start in the NFL. - > [Football Reference.](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KaepCo00.htm) > Year G-G started > 2011 3-0 > 2012 13-7 > 2013 16-16 > 2014 16-16 > 2015 9-8 > 2016 12-11 > Career 69-58 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/34 "2021-05-13T13:04:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Year G-G started > 2011 3-0 > 2012 13-7 > 2013 16-16 > 2014 16-16 > 2015 9-8 > 2016 12-11 > Career 69-58 These numbers are games/games started His team went 28-30 in games he started. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/35 "2021-05-13T13:07:37Z")
You said he wasn’t good enough to start. You were wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/36 "2021-05-13T13:07:52Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Lol. The CK affair had nothing to do with partisan politics. Didn’t say it did. I quoted you. > [@](#): > > Secondly the NFL is a unique business. It requires a level of cooperation to succeed that most other businesses dont. This, however, does not demonstrate a deep understanding of how businesses work. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/37 "2021-05-13T13:10:04Z")
He wasnt good enough to start. In his last two seasons his team went 3-16. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/38 "2021-05-13T13:10:59Z")
Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/39 "2021-05-13T13:12:19Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > This, however, does not demonstrate a deep understanding of how businesses work. This does not demonstrate a deep understanding of how professional football works, especially the QB position. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912/40 "2021-05-13T13:13:29Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > He wasnt good enough to start. In his last two seasons his team went 3-16. - Then why did he still start 19 of 21 games? Maybe the team itself wasn’t that good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-culture-on-the-right/941912.md?page=3)