“Cancel Culture” – Page 11

After my banking travails, I fear Britain is lost

When moving around London this week, it’s been impossible not to notice a symbol adorning the premises of many of our corporations, including the banks: the multicoloured Pride flag. We are living through the politicisation of our corporate sector. Woe betide you if you do not conform with its worldview.

This was brought home to me when I was recently told by my bank that it is closing all my accounts without explanation. It is impossible to function without a bank account. It should alarm everybody that a bank has the power to punish those it considers to have erred or strayed.

by Blazingcatfur•July 1, 2023July 1, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", "Surveillance Society"

Welcome to Fahrenheit 2023

Censors cut out writers’ tongues and obliterate worlds

Avid readers are a small and dwindling minority of the population. But even they can’t be expected to understand what it means to have one’s book locked away by literary wardens, or manhandled by fat-fingered editors who rifle through typescript like policemen conducting a search — something that’s happening with alarming frequency in the US today.

by Blazingcatfur•June 27, 2023June 27, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture"

Christine Van Geyn: College of Psychologists attacks Jordan Peterson in court

On June 21, in a hot, crowded courtroom at Old Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto, the fight between Dr. Jordan Peterson and the College of Psychologists of Ontario played out.

The fight stems from an investigation by the regulator for clinical psychologists into statements Dr. Peterson had made on Twitter and on the Joe Rogan Podcast. The regulator ordered him to participate in a coaching program about professionalism in public comments, at his own expense, and for an indeterminate amount of time. He is now challenging that order for training (or as Dr. Peterson calls it, “re-education”) in a judicial review, which took place in the hearing this week. (A judicial review is when a court reviews an administrative decision, like the college’s decision to order training.)

by Blazingcatfur•June 27, 2023June 26, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Jordan Peterson

Anger of Winston Churchill’s family as St Paul’s Cathedral lambasts him as a ‘white supremacist’

St Paul’s Cathedral has provoked uproar by describing Sir Winston Churchill as an ‘unashamed imperialist’ and ‘white supremacist’ in an online post about Britain’s great wartime leader.

The cathedral, which was the venue for Sir Winston’s state funeral in 1965, removed the highly derogatory descriptions only last week after receiving complaints that they vilified a man voted as the greatest-ever Briton.

The Mail on Sunday understands the insulting description appeared on St Paul’s website for more than a year – but it remained unclear last night who was responsible for writing it.

by Blazingcatfur•June 25, 2023June 25, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists, WTF?

Ernest Hemingway’s work has been given a trigger warning by publishers

Ernest Hemingway’s work has been given a trigger warning by publishers over concerns about his “language” and “attitudes”, the Telegraph can reveal.

The Nobel Prize-winning writer’s novels and short stories have been reissued by Penguin Random House with a new cautionary note.

Would-be readers of Hemingway are now warned about the “language” and “attitudes” contained in his writing, and alerted to the novelist’s “cultural representations”.

by Blazingcatfur•June 25, 2023June 24, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", WTF?

Musk: ‘Cisgender’ and ‘Cis’ Are Now Considered Slurs on Twitter

If you’ve ever engaged with a proponent of radical leftist ideology, you’ve probably experienced having your opinions dismissed because you’re a “cisgendered” person. It’s an awful lot like how, once upon a time, men’s opinions on abortion were summarily dismissed by the pro-abortion crowd because “men can’t get pregnant.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 21, 2023June 21, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Twitter

Another Confederate monument bites the dust

Reconciliation statue at Arlington National Cemetery set to be destroyed

In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement sparked in 2020 by the murder of George Floyd, Congress required the Department of Defense to create a commission to evaluate the ways the military continued to honor the Confederacy.

The duties of the “naming commission” were to assess the “cost of renaming or removing names, symbols, displays, monuments or paraphernalia that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.”

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•June 2, 2023June 2, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", "Peak Virtue Signalling", "Peak Woke", USA, WTF?

‘Monty Python’ star: No, I won’t cut ‘Life of Brian’ scene critics have hit as transphobic for stage version

“Monty Python” star and British comedy legend John Cleese has lashed out at the press in recent days for allegedly reporting that he will be removing a politically incorrect scene from future adaptations of his movie “Life of Brian” to avoiding offending the trans community.

by Blazingcatfur•May 27, 2023May 27, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Big Tranny

Tucker Carlson Responds to Draft Tucker PAC

Ever since Fox News took Tucker Carlson off the air last month, there has been widespread speculation about his future plans. Networks like Newsmax quickly offered a home to him and his show, though it was later revealed that Tucker is still technically employed by Fox News, and thus, still under contract. Carlson is reportedly suing the network for breach of contract and to achieve his release, and he has since revealed his intention to bring his show directly to Twitter.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2023May 23, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture"

Liberal-funded pro sexual mutilation of children charity trying to ban Fox News

Jamie Sarkonak: Egale, the Liberal-funded charity trying to ban Fox News

The rights organization that asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to ban Fox News gets the majority of its money from government.

It’s an awfully lucrative funding stream for an organization that happens to call for the silencing of the federal government’s ideological opponents. While federal funding certainly isn’t a death sentence for credibility, it’s something to be mindful of — especially when that money is new, and especially when the recipient seems to align with government on many issues.

by Blazingcatfur•May 12, 2023May 12, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Big Tranny, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Parents of Ontario Catholic Student Vocal About Gender Beliefs Suspended From Teaching Jobs

Grade 11 student Josh Alexander of Renfrew, Ont., has received international attention for an ongoing struggle with his Catholic school board over his belief that God made only two genders. His parents, who are teachers in a separate board, have recently been put on leave and are under investigation. They suspect it’s because of the attention their son has gotten.

“From the beginning, I understood the consequences my actions may have and I was willing to take that stand and face the consequences,” Alexander told The Epoch Times. “But I must admit, I’m pretty disappointed to see that since they haven’t been able to get to me, they’re now attacking my family.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2023May 11, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Big Gay, WTF?

Karen bent out of shape by word “Mom”

Toronto Beach school called out for posting ‘mega exclusionary’ Mother’s Day message

Some parents in Toronto’s east end are calling out a local school for posting what they claim was a “harmful” and “exclusionary” Mother’s Day greeting on its outdoor message board.

by Blazingcatfur•May 10, 2023May 9, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture"

Now FRANKENSTEIN is ‘racist’!

Students at the University of Florida are being invited to study horror in literature and film through a racial lens, with the professor asking how works such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein are about ‘racial identity and oppression’.

The course is provided as part of the African American Studies program.

Entitled ‘Black Horror, White Terror’, it is taught by Professor Julia Mollenthiel, whose dissertation was on the same theme. Mollenthiel is also writing a book on the subject.

by Blazingcatfur•May 9, 2023May 9, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", "Cultural Appropriation"

Terence Corcoran: The railway hit Gordon Lightfoot could not write today

Canadian Railroad Trilogy, the late songwriter’s hymn to progress, would not make it past CBC gatekeepers today

On the northernmost point of Tudhope Park, on a narrow peninsula reaching into Lake Couchiching just outside the Ontario town of Orillia, 150 kilometres due north of Toronto, stands a statue of Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer and songwriter who died Monday at the age of 84. The park, which is home to the Mariposa Folk Festival, is not far from where Lightfoot was born.

by Blazingcatfur•May 6, 2023May 6, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", "Peak Woke", Canada

Tucker, the Left, and Poor Old Canada

It’s becoming abundantly clear that with Tucker Carlson being put out to digital pasture, Fox News is falling on hard times and may come to regret its decision. Its viewership and market share are plummeting while Tucker will find “fresh woods and pastures new” in which to pursue his career of incisive reporting and unabashed truth-telling. Tucker Carlson has become a first name, which indicates that he is not simply an internet commentator but something of an institution. To believe that he is no longer a force is merely wishful thinking.

by Blazingcatfur•May 6, 2023May 6, 2023•0•"Cancel Culture", Canada, Fox News, USA