“Cancel” / Knee-Jerk Culture of 2020 and beyond

[Orlando Tim]

On 8/3/2020 at 11:19 AM, 3rdnlng said:

Makes me want to "Skateaway" from watching hockey. Mark my words, the major sports league are the ones that will be hurt the most with all of this pandering. 

I am out of the NHL even more than the NBA because the NHL actually flew a Canadian citizen to a game they were not playing in just to kneel for the American national anthem. I was all primed to watch also but they had to ruin it with politics

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

On 8/3/2020 at 10:56 AM, B-Man said:

 

 

The "movement" to end racism is a good thing, that we all must be a part of.

 

 

Just stop using your own racism to fight it.

 

 

and you do not get to be the sole arbiters of "what is racist"

 

 

...racism, albeit due to skin color or ethnicity has existed for hundreds or perhaps thousands of years WORLDWIDE......there has not been, or currently is or future efforts to end all types of racism because you're talking reforming human behavior......it is inherent IMO....peaceful coexistence is a pipe dream.......hate for whatever reason is ingrained IMO.....

[3rdnlng]

57 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

 

...should have nipped this PC crap in the bud YEARS AGO......progressives grew into a stranglehold unchallenged......2nd Amendment vs 1st Amendment, winner takes ALL.....place your bets.........

 

[dhg]

5 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

This nation deserves to burn.

 

And be paved over with salt so nothing can ever grow again.

 

That's how inane that is.

 

This is insanity. Who the H is Lois Leveen? One of her quotes from the article:

"Five- and 6-year-olds are handcuffed and hauled off to jail routinely in this country."

 

Huh? Put the muzzle on. Enough already.

[Chef Jim]

On 8/3/2020 at 4:51 AM, Buffalo_Gal said:

Who knows if it will continue, or if the ratings will come back.

Details on NBA return ratings
 

 

 

And the only league that pretty much remained out of politics goes with this:
 

 

Even if I wanted to I can’t really watch sports. Dumped the cable years ago and pretty much stream only. 

[B-Man]

 

 

Woke Mobs Demand You Must Now Explain Why You Stand For The Anthem

by Tristan Justice

 

Original Article

 

Kneeling for the national anthem at sporting events used to be the occasional episode of player activism protesting the United States as an evil racist empire. Amid the new 21st century woke revolution however, kneeling has become a key signifier for players and teams to declare which side of the culture wars one sits on

 

 

[B-Man]

 

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LA Times concerned that Trader Joe’s standing by their problematic branding feels ‘like a betrayal’ to young SJWs

 

   "How dare they not submit to our demands !" 

 

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

BETTER STOCK UP ON M*A*S*H AND MAGNUM P.I. ON DVD: 

 

The Woke Mob Declares Hawaiian Shirts a Symbol of ‘White Nationalism.’

 

 

 

 

[3rdnlng]

1 hour ago, B-Man said:

 

 

BETTER STOCK UP ON M*A*S*H AND MAGNUM P.I. ON DVD: 

 

The Woke Mob Declares Hawaiian Shirts a Symbol of ‘White Nationalism.’

 

 

 

 

Whoa Nellie, I guess this guy isn't black. Joe Biden must have been right.

 

[RiotAct]

2 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

BETTER STOCK UP ON M*A*S*H AND MAGNUM P.I. ON DVD: 

 

The Woke Mob Declares Hawaiian Shirts a Symbol of ‘White Nationalism.’

 

 

 

 

don’t forget:

[Tiberius]

Look who is getting canceled! 

 

https://apnews.com/53437a0f21d0b3df86f96a11e76e5687

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the leader of Liberty University, one of the nation’s top evangelical Christian colleges, days after apologizing for a social media post that caused an uproar even among fellow conservatives. 

The private university in Lynchburg, Virginia, gave no reason for Falwell’s departure in a one-sentence announcement Friday afternoon. But it came after Falwell’s apology earlier this week for a since-deleted photo he posted online showing him with his pants unzipped, stomach exposed and his arm around a young woman in a similar pose. 

The statement said the executive committee of Liberty’s board of trustees, acting on behalf of the full board, met Friday and requested Falwell take leave as president and chancellor, “to which he has agreed, effective immediately.” 

A high-profile supporter of President Donald Trump, Falwell has served since 2007 as president of the university founded by his evangelist father, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. 

He did not immediately return a call seeking comment. University spokesman Scott Lamb said he had no further comment. 

In an interview this week with Lynchburg radio station WLNI, Falwell said the woman in the photo was his wife’s assistant and that the picture was taken during a

[3rdnlng]

3 hours ago, Tiberius said:

Look who is getting canceled! 

 

https://apnews.com/53437a0f21d0b3df86f96a11e76e5687

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the leader of Liberty University, one of the nation’s top evangelical Christian colleges, days after apologizing for a social media post that caused an uproar even among fellow conservatives. 

The private university in Lynchburg, Virginia, gave no reason for Falwell’s departure in a one-sentence announcement Friday afternoon. But it came after Falwell’s apology earlier this week for a since-deleted photo he posted online showing him with his pants unzipped, stomach exposed and his arm around a young woman in a similar pose. 

The statement said the executive committee of Liberty’s board of trustees, acting on behalf of the full board, met Friday and requested Falwell take leave as president and chancellor, “to which he has agreed, effective immediately.” 

A high-profile supporter of President Donald Trump, Falwell has served since 2007 as president of the university founded by his evangelist father, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. 

He did not immediately return a call seeking comment. University spokesman Scott Lamb said he had no further comment. 

In an interview this week with Lynchburg radio station WLNI, Falwell said the woman in the photo was his wife’s assistant and that the picture was taken during a

Thanks for pointing this out. We really need to have an uproar over this to hide the little faux pas over a former president taking tens of trips to the pedophile island as a guest of a known pervert. 

[reddogblitz]

On 8/4/2020 at 2:54 PM, bilzfancy said:

This is why this election is the most important in history, if the left wins the WH, House and Senate, we're all frocked, big time, the US as we know it will cease to exist in 5 years, if not sooner

At the same time, if Uncle Joe loses, THE RESISTANCE will keep up and escalate the riots and violence in the streets,  the defending of police,, cancel culture and whatever else they come up with. We may not have a country left after 4 more years of that.

[Commsvet11]

27 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

At the same time, if Uncle Joe loses, THE RESISTANCE will keep up and escalate the riots and violence in the streets,  the defending of police,, cancel culture and whatever else they come up with. We may not have a country left after 4 more years of that.

Those things will happen regardless of whom is President.

The local government LET the riots happen. Trump being President was just icing on the cake. 

That is why the left is dangerous.

They will let their own cities be destroyed because they aren’t interested in leading for the betterment in their communities, they just want the power and perks. 

If Biden is elected President, it won’t stop the next riot the next time a cop shoots an unarmed man. 

Now the important part is this, The Trump Presidency has shined a light on how easily Democrats bend to a literal mob. 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

HOW CANCEL CULTURE VIOLATES INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM: Jonathan Rauch explains the difference between canceling and criticism. New video from Reason TV:

 

Related: The Four Quadrants of Conformism. “In the past, the way the independent-minded protected themselves was to congregate in a handful of places — first in courts, and later in universities — where they could to some extent make their own rules. Places where people work with ideas tend to have customs protecting free inquiry, for the same reason wafer fabs have powerful air filters, or recording studios good sound insulation. For the last couple centuries at least, when the aggressively conventional-minded were on the rampage for whatever reason, universities were the safest places to be. That may not work this time though, due to the unfortunate fact that the latest wave of intolerance began in universities.”

 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

...assume "black market" and "great WHITE sharks" are goners............maybe WHITE asparagus too................

[Orlando Tim]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-just-realizing-both-rita-182507578.html

 

This is the definition of liberalism to me- if you don't fit into a racial stereotype then you will be cancelled. The woman has never lied about her race or her origins but liberals made assumptions that were wrong so it is clearly Ritas fault for not making life easier on the stupid. 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

14 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-just-realizing-both-rita-182507578.html

 

This is the definition of liberalism to me- if you don't fit into a racial stereotype then you will be cancelled. The woman has never lied about her race or her origins but liberals made assumptions that were wrong so it is clearly Ritas fault for not making life easier on the stupid. 

 

....exactly...the Dems have ALWAYS been the "party of dependency.....you need MORE?....we'll get you MORE as long as you vote for US"......I do NOT have a problem helping those who WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES......regardless of race, creed, color or ethnicity, there is a segment of the populous that needs some "seed money" to get them going towards their goals of personal financial success.....they take that seed money, coupled with their own drive and initiative to get ahead and run with it.....at the same time and AGAIN, regardless of regardless of race, creed, color or ethnicity, there will always be a segment of the populous known as the "gimme crowd"......they have NO drive or initiative to lift themselves on their own and want someone else to continually do it for them....hence the lucrative Dem base to which dangling the "gimme carrot" in exchange for votes is their keeper......throw BILLIONS more at it with ZERO measure of ROI as to whether anything improved....."oh well at least we tried".....SMH...........

[Koko78]

3 hours ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-just-realizing-both-rita-182507578.html

 

This is the definition of liberalism to me- if you don't fit into a racial stereotype then you will be cancelled. The woman has never lied about her race or her origins but liberals made assumptions that were wrong so it is clearly Ritas fault for not making life easier on the stupid. 

 

That is hysterical. Those morons are just now realizing she's white? She's been pretty clear that she hails from Eastern ***** Europe!

 

What's next, are people going to be shocked that Ron Howard is, in fact, also white?

[Taro T]

2 hours ago, Koko78 said:

 

That is hysterical. Those morons are just now realizing she's white? She's been pretty clear that she hails from Eastern ***** Europe!

 

What's next, are people going to be shocked that Ron Howard is, in fact, also white?

 

Wait.  You mean li'l Opie Cunningham is WHITE?  Gumby & the rest of us are all in shock.  SHOCK we tell ya.

[Buffalo_Gal]

 

[Orlando Tim]

12 hours ago, Koko78 said:

 

That is hysterical. Those morons are just now realizing she's white? She's been pretty clear that she hails from Eastern ***** Europe!

 

What's next, are people going to be shocked that Ron Howard is, in fact, also white?

I actually don't know anything about her besides she is cute but the article states in 2016 she was very open with origins, maybe the libs did not realize the Balkans were an area of Europe? But they will still vote for Warren despite her lies.

[Tiberius]

Did Christians get the name of the Tampa Devil Rays changed? 

 

Do as we say...

[B-Man]

 

 

SEATTLE: TOO WOKE FOR A BLACK FEMALE POLICE CHIEF. 

 

Seattle’s First Black Female Police Chief Resigns After Council Caves to BLM; Reporters Note Irony.

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH MATTHEW YGLESIAS IS A VOICE OF SANITY:?

 

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

UM, NO. 

 

Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist. 

 

 

 

“Obama appointed judge was a partner in the law firm of Perkins Coie.”

 

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

Lecturegram About Mongo: HBO Max Adds “Proper Social Context” To Blazing Saddles

 

FTA:

 

Audiences have “put[] the bigotry and racist language in context” in Blazing Saddles for forty-six years without ever once coming to the conclusion that it was advocating bigotry and racism. We worried that political correctness might kill social satire; now we have to conclude that political correctness has eclipsed social satire.

 

The real lesson taught by HBO Max is that people should buy their favorite movies on physical media, and watch them without interference from an industry that used to trust its audience a whole lot more 46 years ago than it does now.

 

 

 

 

[Buffalo_Gal]

2 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Lecturegram About Mongo: HBO Max Adds “Proper Social Context” To Blazing Saddles

 

FTA:

 

Audiences have “put[] the bigotry and racist language in context” in Blazing Saddles for forty-six years without ever once coming to the conclusion that it was advocating bigotry and racism. We worried that political correctness might kill social satire; now we have to conclude that political correctness has eclipsed social satire.

 

The real lesson taught by HBO Max is that people should buy their favorite movies on physical media, and watch them without interference from an industry that used to trust its audience a whole lot more 46 years ago than it does now.

I had never seen Blazing Saddles, so Hubby rented it last month and we had a date night watching it. While I thought it was a stupid movie (he laughed throughout)  within the first 5 minutes I said to him, "This could NEVER be made today." 

 

[3rdnlng]

50 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

I had never seen Blazing Saddles, so Hubby rented it last month and we had a date night watching it. While I thought it was a stupid movie (he laughed throughout)  within the first 5 minutes I said to him, "This could NEVER be made today." 

 

Have you seen High Anxiety or Young Frankenstein?

[Chef Jim]

59 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

I had never seen Blazing Saddles, so Hubby rented it last month and we had a date night watching it. While I thought it was a stupid movie (he laughed throughout)  within the first 5 minutes I said to him, "This could NEVER be made today." 

 

Mel Brooks has been a favorite of ours forever. The politically incorrect one liners are fantastic. 
 

The sheriff is a <ding>

What did he say?

The sheriff is a near!!

No blagnammit the sheriff is a <ding>
 

Hope I wasn’t out of line with the up yours ***** earlier 

 

How many times have I told you brother to wash up after our weekly cross burnin’s

 

We’ll take the Chinks and the ***** but not the Irish!

 

Woof.....dey darker dan us!

[Buffalo_Gal]

1 hour ago, 3rdnlng said:

Have you seen High Anxiety or Young Frankenstein?

Nope. 

[3rdnlng]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

Nope. 

You should. Both are excellent and are pure comedy without the silliness of Blazing Saddles.

[CarpetCrawler]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

Nope. 

 

High Anxiety is great, better if you're familiar with Alfred Hitchcock movies. 

But Young Frankenstein is as classic as it get, what are you waiting for.......

 

I always loved Silent Movie too, underrated I think.

Edited August 15, 2020 by CarpetCrawler

[KD in CA]

7 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Lecturegram About Mongo: HBO Max Adds “Proper Social Context” To Blazing Saddles

 

FTA:

 

Audiences have “put[] the bigotry and racist language in context” in Blazing Saddles for forty-six years without ever once coming to the conclusion that it was advocating bigotry and racism. We worried that political correctness might kill social satire; now we have to conclude that political correctness has eclipsed social satire.

 

The real lesson taught by HBO Max is that people should buy their favorite movies on physical media, and watch them without interference from an industry that used to trust its audience a whole lot more 46 years ago than it does now.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm surprised it hasn't been banned outright.  

[Uncle Joe]

16 minutes ago, CarpetCrawler said:

 

High Anxiety is great, better if you're familiar with Alfred Hitchcock movies. 

But Young Frankenstein is as classic as it get, what are you waiting for.......

 

I always loved Silent Movie too, underrated I think.

And the only word was spoken by the mime Marcel Marceau.

 

[Uncle Joe]

longer version

 

[CarpetCrawler]

1 hour ago, Uncle Joe said:

longer version

 

thanks for that.

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

...I'm depressed...went to get my veggies today, shopping for "white" asparagus......took me awhile because it is now labeled "not green asparagus".....

[Buffalo_Gal]

Whoa.... not sure I like this even though I understand what he is saying:
 

 

[KRC]

57 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

Whoa.... not sure I like this even though I understand what he is saying:
 

 

 

I also agree that he should not stoop to the level of the Democrats.