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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: February 2, 2022, 8:15 pm
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Thank you AirBnB!
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HTML https://vdare.com/articles/michelle-malkin-why-airbnb-banned-me-and-my-hubby-too
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> “My name’s Cedar, and I’m with Airbnb’s Trust team,” the Nov.
24, 2021 e-mail began. “It has come to our attention that you
were a keynote speaker for the 2021 American Renaissance
Conference earlier this month in Tennessee. Airbnb’s community
policies prohibit people who are members of or actively
associate with known hate groups. Due to your promotion and
participation in a known white nationalist and white supremacist
conference, we have determined that we will remove your account
from Airbnb. This is consistent with action we’ve taken to ban
people associated with this conference in past years.”
> ...
> “As we can see that your Airbnb travels are typically reserved
via your husband’s account,” Airbnb’s “Trust team” member
“Cedar” told both my husband and me, “we will also proceed in
removing his account.”
--- End Quote ---
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--- Quote ---
> Cancel culture has reached a new escalation and I don’t plan
on rolling over. Never have. Never will.
--- End Quote ---
And this is why Cancel Culture alone, while commendable, will by
itself not bring us victory. The only way true way to victory is
by eliminating our enemies' bloodlines.
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: guest55
Date: February 3, 2022, 12:50 pm
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When Giuliani took his mask off two of the judges walked off of
the stage.... :D
‘Masked Singer’ judges walk out when Giuliani unmasked on show
--- Quote ---
> Rudy Giuliani, the former lawyer for Donald Trump, was one of
the performers revealed on "The Masked Singer," prompting judges
Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke to storm off the set. CNN's Chloe
Melas reports. #CNN #News
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-fP0_PSWA
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: February 14, 2022, 9:34 pm
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A good article defending the need for Cancel Culture:
HTML https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/13/us/joe-rogan-n-word-blake-cec/index.html
--- Quote ---
> Why shrugging off Joe Rogan's use of the n-word is so
dangerous
> ...
> Rogan has so far paid no steep professional price for using a
racial slur that's been called the "nuclear bomb of racial
epithets." It may even boost his career. That's what some say
happened to another White entertainer who was recently caught
using the word.
>
> It is a sign of how desensitized we have become to the rising
levels of violence -- rhetorical and physical -- in our country
that Rogan's slurs were largely treated as the latest racial
outrage of the week.
>
> But once we allow a White public figure to repeatedly use the
foulest racial epithet in the English language without
experiencing any form of punishment, we become a different
country.
>
> We accept the mainstreaming of a form of political violence
that's as dangerous as the January 6 attack.
> ...
> The man apologized, they will say. And he did.
> ...
> Rogan has also apologized for a video of him comparing a
gathering of Black people to "Planet of the Apes." He has said
he is "not racist."
--- End Quote ---
In other words, he has not apologized. I always say a sincere
apology for racist speech must at least include cutting off your
own tongue. Not only has he not done so, he will not even admit
he is racist.
--- Quote ---
> In the past, White public figures who used the n-word provoked
universal and unqualified condemnation. But Rogan has gotten
some support.
> ...
> His comments drew criticism from Daniel Ek, chief executive of
Spotify, which reportedly pays Rogan at least $100 million to
carry his mega-popular podcast. Ek said Rogan's racial slurs "do
not represent the values of this company."
>
> But Ek also said Spotify will continue to stand by Rogan, who
had the most popular podcast on the streaming platform last
year.
> "We should have clear lines around content and take action
when they are crossed, but canceling voices is a slippery
slope," Ek said in a memo to his staff.
>
> Another media mogul offered Rogan a lucrative new gig. The
chief executive of another social media company offered Rogan
$100 million to bring his podcast to its platform, citing
Rogan's "legion of fans in desire for real conversation."
>
> And former President Donald Trump told Rogan he should "stop
apologizing" for his controversies -- including the racial slurs
and spreading Covid-19 misinformation -- because he shouldn't
allow critics to make him "look weak and frightened."
>
> Rogan's use of the n-word could even boost his career if it
follows the trajectory of another White entertainer, country
music star Morgan Wallen.
>
> Wallen's career seemed finished a year ago after he was caught
on video using the n-word in a conversation with a friend. Radio
stations and streaming services dropped him from their
playlists. The Academy of Country Music declared him ineligible
for the 2021 ACM Awards. Wallen apologized but was widely
condemned.
>
> A year later, "Wallen's career has ​not only rebounded
but exploded," according to Billboard magazine. His songs are
back on the radio and he had the most popular album of 2021 in
the US, according to Billboard. Wallen is embarking on a
nationwide tour, with many dates already sold out, and is slated
to headline music festivals this summer.
> ...
> A recent USA Today story said Wallen has become an
"anti-cancel culture hero" and quoted an executive who said that
the more the mainstream criticizes Wallen "the more power those
who support his bigotry begin to feel."
> ...
> For decades, life would never go on as normal for a White
person caught using the n-word. This represents a momentous
shift in American culture. There used to be a consensus that any
White person caught using the n-word or other racial slurs would
pay a hefty price.
>
> Not that long ago, many did.
>
> In 2018, the actress Roseanne Barr had her popular sitcom
canceled after she made a series of racist tweets.
> That same year, a top executive resigned from Netflix after
using the N-word in front of Black employees.
>
> Celebrity chef Paula Deen lost her business empire and saw her
cooking shows canceled by the Food Network in 2013 after she
admitted using the n-word during a deposition in a lawsuit.
>
> And the career of "Seinfeld's" Michael Richards cratered after
he was caught calling hecklers the n-word in 2006.
>
> The price that White people paid for crossing this line wasn't
legal. No one called for them to be jailed or fined. But many
were shamed and exiled from their professional communities.
>
> The prohibition against White people using racist language in
public was so severe that a person could see their career
destroyed even if they used a racial slur that most people
didn't comprehend.
>
> George Allen was a popular US senator who seemed to be
cruising to re-election in Virginia in 2006 when he was
filmed​ using the word "macaca," a type of monkey," to
describe an Indian-American volunteer with the campaign of his
opponent.
> He lost his re-election bid after both Republicans and
Democrats criticized him. His political career never recovered.
--- End Quote ---
Those times were when the US was at least trying to be American.
The shift that the author is referring to is rightists trying to
turn the US back into part of Western civilization.
--- Quote ---
> in the decades before that, White entertainers and politicians
talked like Rogan all the time.
> ...
> Bilbo, a US Senator from Mississippi, felt free enough to tell
White supporters during an election campaign in 1946 that "I
call on every red-blooded White man to use any means to keep the
n***ers away from the polls."
--- End Quote ---
In short, Rogan and Wallen are the cultural heirs of Bilbo. This
can only mean one thing: the impact of the Counterculture era is
wearing off.
--- Quote ---
> "When unwritten rules are violated over and over, we become
overwhelmed -- and then desensitized,"
--- End Quote ---
Cancel Culture is the way we resist desensitization.
--- Quote ---
> That word was a vestige of a hateful Jim Crow era that most
Americans agreed to leave in the past. It was considered
un-American.
>
> This is the America that former President Ronald ​Reagan
evoked in his famous "shining city on a hill" 1989 farewell
address. He described us as a nation "teeming with people of all
kinds living in harmony and peace," with doors "open to anyone
with the will and heart to get here."
--- End Quote ---
This is what I will always remember as America.
--- Quote ---
> What are we now?
>
> What are we when a White entertainer with a huge public
following can use the n-word repeatedly -- and get a $100
million offer to bring "real conversation" to another platform?
>
> What are we when Rogan's employer can say that his company has
"clear lines around content and take action when they are
crossed," but that line doesn't include using a word that was
used during the enslavement, rape and torture of millions of
people.
--- End Quote ---
Part of Western civilization?
--- Quote ---
> We are poised to enter an era where a White person can use the
n-word publicly and not only survive but thrive if they portray
themselves as a victim of cancel culture. It's a world where
hate speech and violence are rebranded as "legitimate political
discourse," and "public racism" returns to ordinary life.
--- End Quote ---
Just as it was during throughout the colonial era. And proudly
owning Cancel Culture as a minimum ethical duty is how we fight
back.
(Of course, if you ask me, both Rogan and Wallen should receive
the Samuel Paty treatment.)
Related:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/arbery-killer-used-racial-slur-194726897.html
--- Quote ---
> Travis McMichael, who fatally shot Arbery, allegedly
previously used racial epithets about Black people, and once
called them “animals, criminals, monkeys, sub-human savages.”
>
> “Zero [n-words] work with me,” he wrote in a text message to a
friend, prosecutors alleged on Monday. “They ruined everything.
That’s why I love what I do now. Not an [n-word] in sight.”
> ...
> Bryan made several racist comments after learning his daughter
was dating a Black man.
>
> “[She] is dating a [n-word] now,” Bryan allegedly said in a
message. Bryan also repeatedly referred to the man by the racial
slur and called him a “monkey,”
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: guest55
Date: February 14, 2022, 10:00 pm
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"Whites" can even ruin a great name like Bilbo!?!?
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Jon Stewart reacts to criticism after he supported Joe Rogan:
‘There was some constructive stuff’
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> Stewart welcomed a misinformation scholar on his own podcast
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jon-stewart-joe-rogan-spotify-b2013333.html
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: February 14, 2022, 10:35 pm
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"Jon Stewart"
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart
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> Jon Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28,
1962,[5][6] in New York City, to Marian (née Laskin), a teacher
and later educational consultant,[5] and Donald Leibowitz, an
energy coordinator for the New Jersey Department of the
Treasury.[7][8] Stewart's family members are Jewish immigrants
to America from Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus.
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: February 21, 2022, 1:55 am
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/business-owner-wondering-hole-blackballing-051503069.html
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> Tell Me If You Think This Person Is An A-Hole For Blackballing
Their High School Bully From A Bunch Of Job Opportunities In
Their Hometown
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Of course not. It is an ethical duty to do so!
--- Quote ---
> "Mark (not his real name) is a guy who used to bully me in
high school. I have OCD, and he would mess with me to try and
get me to have some kind of breakdown. I'm also straight, but I
had a bicurious phase filled with him calling me homophobic
slurs. It never escalated to being very physical, but I did get
bumped in the hallways on purpose. He's recently returned to my
state. I'm not sure why; odds are it's COVID-related like
everything is these days. He knows vaguely that I run
businesses, but I'm not sure he realizes how much I'm involved
in and how much of the recruitment in my state is done through
my agency, or even that I run it."
>
> "I've had a few versions of Mark's resume come across my desk.
All the fields he's applying for are things that I have
significant influence over. I've got an email in my drafts right
now that essentially says, 'Bin this guy's resume if it comes
past us (recruitment agency) again,' as well as a less
professional one to all my business owner friends, which says,
'This is the guy I told you about from high school. Do not hire
him at any cost.' I'm wondering if I should hit send. If I do
not want him to have a decent job in my state, he probably
won't."
--- End Quote ---
Do it! Failing to do so so, in other words treating the bully no
worse than a non-bully, would be unfair to all the actual
non-bullies!
--- Quote ---
> "Actions have consequences. He may have grown up, he may not
have but you will always know he is capable of bullying."
—u/Fit-Distribution-252
>
> "He has a history of bullying people for their disabilities.
If they hire him and he does the same, it would make someone
feel miserable and endanger your workplace. I don’t think it's
worth the risk." —u/Ahsoka88
--- End Quote ---
At least some people vaguely get it.
--- Quote ---
> "I think YWBTA (you would be the ****) if you went to the
lengths of telling everyone to throw away his CV as part of an
attempt to manipulate his life because he was mean in high
school. It's better to move on from these things than hold
grudges forever." —u/Sk111W
>
> "It would be unprofessional to blackball this person and would
show that despite your success, you hold grudges from high
school. Our brains aren’t fully formed in high school and
people’s mistakes from their youth should not jeopardize their
chances for employment as adults. Be a bigger person and show
that you’ve moved on. Wouldn’t it be cooler to pretend you don’t
even remember this guy?" —u/margesimpson0518
--- End Quote ---
Firstly, if it is uncool to do an ethical duty, we should not
want to be cool. Secondly, what is cool about repressing trauma?
Only those who do not value accountability do not hold grudges.
Without accountability there can be no professionalism.
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: March 1, 2022, 3:05 am
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Good riddance!
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/milwaukee-assistant-city-attorney-backed-215001421.html
--- Quote ---
> The Milwaukee assistant city attorney who last week backed
Russian President Vladimir Putin in an appearance on Russia
Today TV and who previously worked for anti-Islamic "hate
groups" is out of a job.
>
> City Attorney Tearman Spencer's termination notice to the
city's Department of Employee Relations on Monday cited only
"Job performance. Poor fit." as the reason to end Jennifer
DeMaster's employment with the office.
> ...
> Of particular concern to those groups was her past work for
the Clarion Project, a group that has been labeled one the major
proponents of Islamophobia in the United States, and before that
for the American Center for Law and Justice, where as a law
clerk she prepped attorneys on "Sharia law (and) radical Islamic
ideology," according to a resume she filed in federal court.
--- End Quote ---
Of course, truly fixing the problem will require eliminating her
bloodline.
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: March 1, 2022, 9:13 pm
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Another one down!
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-suspends-us-senate-candidate-154657823.html
--- Quote ---
> Twitter suspended Vicky Hartzler ’s personal account on
Monday.
>
> Hartzler's tweet, posted in mid-February, said: "Women’s
sports are for women, not men pretending to be women,” and
included her TV ad targeting transgender people in sports and
particularly University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.
>
> A statement from Hartzler's campaign called the suspension
“shameful, utterly ridiculous, and a horrible abuse of
censorship by big tech giants to stifle free speech.” The
campaign said Hartzler will not delete the tweet.
>
> Hartzler is a congresswoman representing Missouri's 4th
District. She is among several Republicans vying for the 2022
Senate seat.
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So Hartzler additionally does not understand what free speech
is.
More about Hartzler:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler
--- Quote ---
> Hartzler rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.
> ...
> Hartzler wrote a Fox News op-ed expressing support for the
Trump administration's sanctions on China and calling for the
international community to impose similar sanctions.
> ...
> In February 2016, during a trip to Israel, Hartzler voiced her
support for the country and said, "our country has been blessed
because we have been a blessing to Israel".[34]
> ...
> Hartzler made a statement supporting Trump's ban on immigrants
from seven Muslim countries and halting the U.S. Refugee program
for 120 days.[17]
> ...
> On December 10, 2020, Hartzler was one of 126 Republican
members of the U.S. House of Representatives to sign an amicus
brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at
the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the
2020 presidential election.[56] The Supreme Court declined to
hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under
Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an
election held by another state.[57][58][59] House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief
an act of election subversion.[60][61]
>
> Hartzler was one of the 139 Republican representatives who
voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election
in Congress at the 2021 United States Electoral College vote
count.[62]
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Duginism
DIR By: guest55
Date: March 3, 2022, 8:23 pm
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Germany Tries to Rely Less on Russian Energy
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> Germany is getting ready to prolong the use of coal as the
country seeks to reduce less on Russian energy. But it wouldn't
be an easy transition. Maria Tadeo and Annmarie Hordern report
on Europe's reliance on Russian oil and gas.
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: March 4, 2022, 1:37 am
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/russian-official-blames-ukraine-invasion-000155703.html
--- Quote ---
> Russian Official Blames Ukraine Invasion Sanctions on Cancel
Culture
>
> Russia’s foreign intelligence director alluded to cancel
culture and claimed that Russia is suffering “a cancellation” as
the world slaps sanctions on the nation for invading Ukraine.
--- End Quote ---
Yes! CANCEL RUSSIA!
(Of course, I reiterate that sanctions alone will not be enough
and to think that they will be enough is dangerously delusional.
To truly defeat Russia, we will have to invade it militarily.
But until that happens, sanctions are at least better than
nothing at all.)
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