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America Is Better Than Cancel Culture
By: Nikki Haley
Over the past few years, I’ve spent a lot of
time talking to college students across the country. The same topic always
comes up. At every school, students feel afraid to speak their mind. They worry
their professors will fail them, their peers will attack them, and their
schools will punish them. Many students have learned the hard way to stay
silent. Every time I hear their stories, I worry for America’s future.
But college students aren’t the only ones who feel that way anymore. After the last few months, Americans of all ages and all walks of life are worried about being attacked for speaking out. We should all be worried about where our country’s headed.
What started with political correctness – “PC Culture” – has morphed into so-called “cancel culture.” If someone says or does something that offends someone else, the mob comes after their jobs, their families, their futures. People of goodwill are being told they have no right to talk, and if they do, they’re forced to shut up. The list includes journalists, professors, athletes, sports announcers, chaplains, and countless others.
Cancel culture is not only on social media, it’s taken to the streets. Statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have been torn down. Monuments to abolitionists have been defaced. Even a statue of Abraham Lincoln, paid for by freed slaves and praised by Frederick Douglass at its unveiling, needed armed guards to prevent its destruction. This isn’t just about canceling people – it’s about canceling America’s past.
This turn of events has made two things clear.
First, cancel culture doesn’t speak for the vast majority of Americans. There’s a screaming 1% that’s trying to shout down the other 99%. The last thing that cancel-culture warriors want is to have an honest and open discussion about anything. They’re too blinded by anger to sit down with anyone who feels differently than them. They prefer the quick rush that comes from driving people apart to the hard work of bringing people together.
Which leads to the second thing that’s now clear: Cancel culture is un-American.
Our society is built on the values of free speech and mutual respect, but cancel culture rejects both. In place of free speech, it demands conformity. Instead of mutual respect, it tears people down. It basically says there’s no point talking through the difficult questions or trying to work them out through democracy and legislation. All that matters is some people forcing their views on all of society, telling the rest of us how to live, work, and think.
But college students aren’t the only ones who feel that way anymore. After the last few months, Americans of all ages and all walks of life are worried about being attacked for speaking out. We should all be worried about where our country’s headed.
What started with political correctness – “PC Culture” – has morphed into so-called “cancel culture.” If someone says or does something that offends someone else, the mob comes after their jobs, their families, their futures. People of goodwill are being told they have no right to talk, and if they do, they’re forced to shut up. The list includes journalists, professors, athletes, sports announcers, chaplains, and countless others.
Cancel culture is not only on social media, it’s taken to the streets. Statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have been torn down. Monuments to abolitionists have been defaced. Even a statue of Abraham Lincoln, paid for by freed slaves and praised by Frederick Douglass at its unveiling, needed armed guards to prevent its destruction. This isn’t just about canceling people – it’s about canceling America’s past.
This turn of events has made two things clear.
First, cancel culture doesn’t speak for the vast majority of Americans. There’s a screaming 1% that’s trying to shout down the other 99%. The last thing that cancel-culture warriors want is to have an honest and open discussion about anything. They’re too blinded by anger to sit down with anyone who feels differently than them. They prefer the quick rush that comes from driving people apart to the hard work of bringing people together.
Which leads to the second thing that’s now clear: Cancel culture is un-American.
Our society is built on the values of free speech and mutual respect, but cancel culture rejects both. In place of free speech, it demands conformity. Instead of mutual respect, it tears people down. It basically says there’s no point talking through the difficult questions or trying to work them out through democracy and legislation. All that matters is some people forcing their views on all of society, telling the rest of us how to live, work, and think.
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2 comments:
Screw these morons. I'm Politically Incorrect and proud of it...give me Tucker Carlson over left wing nuts like Don Lemon any day!
Simians Strutting around, “with an invisible buttplug of sanctimony.”
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