Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted last week after being arrested and charged covering one of this summers Black Lives Matter protests. While many on the left spoke out, many who decry cancel culture stayed silent. This behavior of those who oppose so-called cancel culture, being silent in the face of government suppression and oppression, is common. But, so-called cancel culture doesn’t exist, at least not the way it is publicly discussed. It is a tool of those in relative privilege used to silence oppressed populations they disagree with, just as accusations of “PC police” before it, as they ignore actual suppression of speech while finding ways to defend racists, sexists, homophobic people from consequences.
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