“Cancel Culture” – Page 17

Why Is Western Culture Exempt From Complaints of Cultural Appropriation?

It is a mistake to view cultures and their products as exclusive to those of a certain skin color.

With Halloween came a new batch of articles, news segments, and podcasts lambasting and warning of unintended cultural appropriation. In an Oct. 14 PBS article, author Beatrice Alvarez admonished families that many costumes are “actually hurtful to many people because they are a form of cultural appropriation.” She offered readers an example of such appropriation: little girls choosing to dress up in the traditional Native American attire worn by the titular character in the PBS children’s show Molly of Denali.

by Blazingcatfur•November 2, 2022November 1, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "Cultural Appropriation"

Don Cherry shrugs off Tara Slone’s cheap shot – ‘I didn’t even know who she was,’ Grapes tells the Sun’s Joe Warmington

Don Cherry’s phone was ringing off the hook with people asking what he thought of former Hometown Hockey co-host Tara Slone calling him a bigot.

“The first thing I said was, ‘Who is she?’” the legendary coach told the Toronto Sun. “I didn’t recognize her but someone said she was the one always with Ron (MacLean). I didn’t even know who she was.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 22, 2022October 21, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture"

Inside the Shameful Cancellation of Jihad Rehab

How an identity-politics-obsessed mob destroyed a young filmmaker’s documentary

At the beginning of director Meg Smaker’s documentary Jihad Rehab, we hear a former Guantanamo detainee saying, “Meg, can I tell you something?” Sure, a woman’s voice says. “In every story there is good and bad,” the man goes on in a gentle Saudi accent. “But . . . it’s a thin line. The American government did bad, bad, bad things against us. But at least I am honest with what I did.”

by Blazingcatfur•October 15, 2022October 15, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "Identity Politics", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's 5th Column, Islam's Useful Idiot Apologists, Islamization of the West, USA

‘Cancelled’ Ontario Teacher Speaks Out Against School Board’s Actions

A “cancelled” Ontario teacher who was silenced during her presentation at a school board meeting, spoke out publicly on Oct. 5 against actions the school board has taken against her and others, citing a lack of transparency between the administration and parents.

Carolyn Burjoski was removed from the trustee meeting, expelled from her classroom, and subject to a disciplinary investigation after expressing concerns at the meeting about the age-inappropriate of sexual content in elementary school library books.

by Blazingcatfur•October 7, 2022October 6, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "They really do want your children"

Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t

The film festival gave Meg Smaker’s “Jihad Rehab” a coveted spot in its 2022 lineup, but apologized after an outcry over her race and her approach.

Meg Smaker felt exhilarated last November. After 16 months filming inside a Saudi rehabilitation center for accused terrorists, she learned that her documentary “Jihad Rehab” was invited to the 2022 Sundance Festival, one of the most prestigious showcases in the world.

Film critics warned that conservatives might bridle at these human portraits, but reviews after the festival’s screening were strong.

“The absence of absolutes is what’s most enriching,” The Guardian stated, adding, “This is a movie for intelligent people looking to have their preconceived notions challenged.” Variety wrote:

The film “feels like a miracle and an interrogative act of defiance.”

But attacks would come from the left, not the right. Arab and Muslim filmmakers and their white supporters accused Ms. Smaker of Islamophobia and American propaganda. Some suggested her race was disqualifying, a white woman who presumed to tell the story of Arab men.

Link fixed.

by Blazingcatfur•September 25, 2022September 25, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "Identity Politics", "Islamophobia", Hollywood, Islam's 5th Column, Islam's Useful Idiot Apologists

Disciplinary Hearing for BC Nurse Endorsing Sex-Based Rights Raises Concerns of ‘Policing Speech’: JCCF

A B.C. nurse is facing a disciplinary hearing after the province’s regulator for nurses and midwives alleged that her remarks about “sex-based rights” were “discriminatory” to transgender people.

The hearing, which began on Sept. 21, raises concerns that Canadian regulatory bodies are “policing the speech” of professionals, a legal advocacy group says.

by Blazingcatfur•September 23, 2022September 23, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", Big Tranny, Canada

PayPal Sparks Outrage After Shutting Down Account Of Britain’s Free-Speech Union

U.S. financial tech company PayPal has been accused of a “sinister form of cancel culture” after its decision to shut down the accounts of the Free Speech Union, a U.K. body that defends and supports members who are unfairly targeted or discriminated against by their employers for exercising their legal right to free speech.

h/t DM

by Blazingcatfur•September 23, 2022September 23, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "Criminalizing Dissent"

Now Dilbert is racist! Canned by 77 newspapers after artist Scott Adams began incorporating anti-woke plotlines

Now Dilbert is racist! Popular comic strip is canned by 77 newspapers after artist Scott Adams began incorporating anti-woke plotlines, including black character who identifies as white

A popular comic strip has been canned by 77 newspapers after its creator Scott Adams started incorporating anti-woke plotlines, including a character black that identifies as white.

Adams’ much-loved ‘Dilbert’ comics have been in circulation since 1989 and frequently poke fun at office culture, but he announced he was sensationally dropped by publisher Lee Enterprises.

The media company owns nearly 100 newspapers across the country – including The Buffalo News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Arizona Daily Sun – and has been publishing Adams’ jokes about the corporate ladder for years.

by Blazingcatfur•September 21, 2022September 21, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "Peak Woke", WTF?

Rob Schneider: Western Civilization Is Under Attack’

Saturday Night Live is now a de facto arm of the Democratic Party.

The same isn’t true for those who graduate from the venerable sketch series. SNL alums are increasingly embracing the Right.

Victoria Jackson did just that a while ago, as did “Weekend Update” standout Dennis Miller. Jon Lovitz needed to run his own business to realize the Right might be friendlier to his entrepreneurial dreams.

by Blazingcatfur•September 3, 2022September 3, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture"

Denouncing The Diagolonoids

A Canadian right-wing nut is peddling a satirical meme about a diagonally-shaped North American superstate. Needless to say, much of the country’s intellectual class is terrified.

Last month, Pierre Poilievre, the populist front-runner in the race to become leader of Canada’s federal Conservative party, was photographed shaking hands with Jeremy MacKenzie, a former soldier facing weapons and harassment charges. MacKenzie is an odd duck who combines a penchant for extremist right-wing rhetoric with a predilection for ironic Internet memes. But almost no one in Canada knew his name until that now infamous handshake. As for Poilievre, he says he didn’t recognize MacKenzie, or form any particular memory of having met him—a claim that even progressive journalists have admitted is entirely credible.

by Blazingcatfur•September 3, 2022September 2, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", "extremists", "far right", Canada's Corrupt Political Class

West Point defends controversial KKK plaque dedicated in 1965 that ‘documents both tragedy and triumph in our nation’s history’

The West Point military academy has defended a controversial 1965 bronze plaque depicting a Ku Klux Klan member, saying it is part of America’s history.

The plaque was recommended to be removed by the Naming Commission, an agency tasked with reviewing and changing military assets that memorialize Confederate figures.

Good.

by Blazingcatfur•September 2, 2022September 1, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", USA

Bronze Ku Klux Klan plaque and relics to Confederate chief Robert E. Lee need to be stripped down from West Point, congressional panel says

A congressional committee has said that a bronze Ku Klux Klan plaque and relics to Confederate chief Robert E. Lee hanging at the prestigious West Point military academy ought to be removed.

The request from the Naming Commission, which is tasked with reviewing and changing military assets that memorialize Confederate figures, was aired in a report published by the agency Monday.

Or you could do the smart thing and use it to teach some history.

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2022August 31, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture"

US Heading Toward China’s Cultural Revolution, Warns Asian-American Coalition for Education President

The United States is dangerously close to repeating China’s Cultural Revolution, according to the Asian-American Coalition for Education president and author Mike Zhao.

“The communist playbook, unfortunately, … they used to destroy China during the Cultural Revolution … 50 years ago. Today, the radical left uses the same playbook to destroy America,” Zhao said in a recent interview with NTD News, The Epoch Times’ sister media.

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2022August 30, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", USA

Stupid Snowflakes Ruin Cool Books For Everyone

German publisher pulls Winnetou books amid racial stereotyping row

A German publisher has announced it is withdrawing two new books paying tribute to a highly popular character in children’s fiction after facing accusations of racism and cultural appropriation.

Ravensburger Verlag, a leading publisher of children’s books in the German-speaking world, said its latest books on Winnetou, a fictional Native American hero who made his debut in 1875, would be pulled from its schedule and that it would also be considering whether to continue publishing other Winnetou titles in future.

Bookshops have reportedly been stopped from ordering the books from Ravensburger and they also appeared to have been pulled from Amazon on Tuesday. Editions by other publishers were still available.

by Blazingcatfur•August 23, 2022August 23, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture"

Exclusive — University of Virginia Newspaper Calls to Remove Thomas Jefferson: ‘Buildings Must Be Renamed and Memorials Removed’

The University and the greater Charlottesville, Virginia, area in which it is located has taken it upon themselves to be defined not by academics, or history, or any other trait. Rather, those in charge of local government and University administration prefer to be defined by a single characteristic: the August 12, 2017, “Unite the Right” rally.

One week ago was the five-year anniversary of the rally, and Charlottesville residents and University students and alumni were reliably accosted by “never forget”-style messages, being told that everyone needed to “do more” to atone for what happened there.

by Sarcasticat•August 21, 2022August 20, 2022•0•"Cancel Culture", history, History - distortion of