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
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
#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
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.”
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