Poll: Just Half Of Americans Have Heard of 'Cancel Culture'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republicans want Americans to be very afraid of Democrats “canceling” them, but only half of Americans are actually clued-in to what “cancel culture” means, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds.

Half of Americans say they’ve ever heard the term “cancel culture,” according to an early September poll conducted after the Republican National Convention, where speakers repeatedly warned viewers about being “canceled.”

The term, which originated online, denotes withdrawing support for individuals or groups for morally objectionable behavior. Most recently it’s been used in response to systemic racism within U.S. law enforcement agencies and against public figures accused of sexual assault, but has also become central to the battle on college campuses over free speech.

Republicans argue “cancel culture” is how “elite” Democrats silence everyday Americans; “To the voiceless ― shamed, censored and canceled ― my father will fight for you,” Eric Trump, President Donald Trump’s middle son, said at the GOP convention.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-just-half-of-americans-have-heard-of-cancel-culture/ar-BB18UeQ4?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

[Polybius]

1. I still don't know what it means

I haven't bothered to search. I asked someone on here months ago what it means, but they never responded. I'm notoriously behind in pop-culture.

[LizBeth]

3. Ya, see. I am not getting it. Whatever.

[bamagal62]

13. Same here.

[Spazito]

2. LOL, it used to be known as a boycott, is still known as a boycott...

changing boycott to 'cancel culture' doesn't change the fact that it's a boycott.

[Baclava]

7. Boycotting celebrities for bad behavior, I think that's how it spread, not up on pop culture either

[Spazito]

11. It seems to have morphed into being used for all boycotts now...

I wonder if the boycott of South Africa because of apartheid would now be called 'cancel culture' instead.

[smb]

4. xkcd Explains

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. we love to cancel subscriptions as we simplify. Embrace the cancelling!

then again, we don't watch TV, or do any pop culture, or facebook or twitter, or memes.

we are old and boring.

[fescuerescue]

6. I'm surprised it's that high.

Since it's primarily a youtube and social media thing anything.

[Initech]

8. Anything we don't like gets immediately canceled!

[lunasun]

9. WTH? How many people has trump fired ? How many government programs has he erased ?

Trump often goes out of his way to promote some random attack, boycotts and firings even internationally on how many occasions for outrageous reasons like he doesn't like something his target has said or done that has nothing to even do with him
trump disses and dusts daily
the repugs really need to stfu
Their platform often cancels whole sectors of society

[stillcool]

10. huh...I've seen the words, but that's as far as it got..

weird that there was no interest in finding out what it meant. Maybe I cancelled without knowing.

[NCDem47]

12. Oh FFS.

The Right is all orgasmic for inventing a new phrase and then beating it into the ground.

This just sounds dumb and buzzwordy.

[redstateblues]

14. I've heard of it. I don't get it

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. I'm another who has heard of it and hasn't a clue what is intended by those words.

[hunter]

16. There is no way in hell I will ever go back to television. Not cable, not broadcast, none of it.

Television made Trump, I will not forgive. Let it all die.

The Republican Party can die too.

Force the racists and fascists and rapists back into their holes. Decent people know fascism, and racism, and rape are wrong.

Cancel them all.

[LanternWaste]

17. It's how the idiot conservatives re-brand their Marketplace of Ideas shibboleth...

when that same shibboleth works against their agenda.

[wishstar]

18. At same time Repubs were condemning it though, Trump wanted a boycott of Goodyear

once again their hypocrisy is stunning