Forms of actually being “cancelled” which get less mainstream media ink include being:
— Killed by US drones
— Caged by ICE
— Drowned in the Mediterranean
— Killed by AIDS, homelessness, racism
— Murdered by transphobia
— Speaking on Palestine, labor, racism & empire
— Killed by US drones
— Caged by ICE
— Drowned in the Mediterranean
— Killed by AIDS, homelessness, racism
— Murdered by transphobia
— Speaking on Palestine, labor, racism & empire
Forms of #ActuallyBeingCancelled which get less attention from politicians & mainstream press include
— Calling out the links between antisemitism, anti-immigrant xenophobia & white supremacy
— Refusing pinkwashing & homonationalism
— Being denied insurance claims
— Calling out the links between antisemitism, anti-immigrant xenophobia & white supremacy
— Refusing pinkwashing & homonationalism
— Being denied insurance claims
#ActuallyBeingCancelled happens & is ignored by MSM by being
— Policed while Black
— Policed while poor
— Policed while Native American
— Policed while disabled
— Policed while mentally ill
— Policed while trans
— Policed while Black
— Policed while poor
— Policed while Native American
— Policed while disabled
— Policed while mentally ill
— Policed while trans
Being “cancelled” has many meanings & is worthy of serious linguistic & sociological study as a concept. But when ppl w great formal power (presidents! columnists with lifelong tenure!) complain about “cancel culture” they’re only meaning “disobedience to the status quo.”
