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[james_davis_nicoll]

One of the most sensible takes on ‘cancel culture’ I’ve seen. Sensible, honest, smart. I’m posting the video directly as Times Radio tweeted it with a clickbait and somewhat misleading headline that unintentionally confirmed his point. More of this please. pic.twitter.com/toIzfzLQdm

— Brendan May (@bmay) October 12, 2022

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

Cancel culture is just boycott. It has existed for a long time and will keep existing. I don't know what John Cleese has done, but JKR is transphobic, among other things, so of course people don't want her products any more.

[estrevan]

Cancel culture is when people I consider my inferiors have the temerity to talk back

[profiterole_reads]

Well said! Is your user name from The Left Hand of Darkness?

[estrevan]

It is - uncommon enough that it’s a good one to try when other usernames are taken. And the gender ambiguity was a bonus when I first chose it, back when I was still figuring mine out.

[(Anonymous)]

Short version, Cleese has turned into the sort of gammon he used to satirize.

[jessie_c]

Observed elsewhere on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PaulbernalUK/status/1579432609402486787

[jessie_c]

Predictably, She Who Must Not Be Named threw a wobbly about this.
https://twitter.com/billybragg/status/1580631368647987200