[Ads-l] Cancel Culture

Tue Mar 9 14:06:18 UTC 2021

'To remove wrongly for authoritarian reasons'

"Pepe Le Pew's scene was cut from Space Jam 2 because he was deemed
offensive and cancelled."

JL

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 12:23 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for your response LH. This is just a note of clarification to
> prevent possible future misunderstandings. The quotation in LH's
> message is from the New York Times article. It was not composed by me.
> LH did not attribute it to me, and no criticism is intended.
>
> [Begin excerpt from NY Times article by Jennifer Finney Boylan]
> But in this case, it was the right wing doing the canceling
> [End excerpt]
>
> You might wonder why my messages contain clumsy constructs such as
> [Begin excerpt] and [End excerpt]. They are designed to minimize the
> number of quotations inadvertently reassigned.
>
> Garson
>
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 11:29 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, but as a self-conscious attempt at a kind of metalinguistic
> anti-reclamation, essentially underlining the asymmetry:
> > > But in this case, it was the right wing doing the
> > > canceling
> >
> >
> > LH
> >
> > > On Feb 6, 2021, at 10:38 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Below is a 2019 New York Times article containing the phrase
> > > "right-wing cancel culture" and a 2020 Newsweek article containing the
> > > phrase "Conservatives Weaponize Cancel Culture".
> > >
> > > The term cancelled has been applied to Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson.
> > > Both have been accused of engaging in abusive behavior toward their
> > > partners.
> > >
> > > At the 2017 Glastonbury Festival Johnny Depp said "When was the last
> > > time an actor assassinated a president? It’s been awhile, and maybe
> > > it’s time." (This quotation appears in the Newsweek article.) So he is
> > > not a friend of Trump.
> > >
> > > These examples are offered in an attempt to help reveal the varied
> > > contexts of the terms "cancel" and "cancel culture".
> > >
> > > Website: The New York Times
> > > Article: Opinion: Why Kathy Griffin Will Not Stand Down
> > > Article Subtitle: Two years after the comedian’s infamous Trump photo,
> > > she’s back — battered but unbowed by right-wing cancel culture.
> > > Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan (Contributing Opinion Writer)
> > > Date: July 31, 2019
> > > (See article subtitle for instance)
> > >
> > >
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/opinion/why-kathy-griffin-will-not-stand-down.html
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > This story is about more than a comedian and a disturbing photograph.
> > > It’s about what America has become: a place where in the wake of a
> > > single mistake, a career can be canceled, a place where the president
> > > of the United States can happily use the power of his office to
> > > destroy an American citizen.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > We think of so-called cancel culture as an excess of the left. (The
> > > author Meghan Daum, in reacting to the movement, says, “Woke me when
> > > it’s over.”) But in this case, it was the right wing doing the
> > > canceling, with the not-inconsiderable muscle of the Department of
> > > Justice added in for good measure.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Website: Newsweek
> > > Article: Conservatives Weaponize Cancel Culture to Tame Anti-Trump
> Celebrities
> > > Author: Emma Nolan
> > > Timestamp: 6/24/20 AT 11:21 AM EDT
> > > (See article title for instance)
> > >
> > >
> https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-weaponize-cancel-culture-tame-anti-trump-celebrities-1513041
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > Cancel culture. It's here, it's happening and it seems like every day,
> > > there are calls to cancel more famous faces on social media—but not
> > > always from the voices you would expect.
> > >
> > > In recent weeks in the wake of the George Floyd protests and the
> > > resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the spotlight has shone
> > > on the likes of late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon for
> > > past use of blackface for comedy sketches. And among the multitude of
> > > voices calling for these celebrities to face consequences for their
> > > past actions are a number of conservative figures and media outlets.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 9:55 AM Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I'd just call it a "partisan buzzword."
> > >>
> > >> If I were twice as old, I'd call it a "partisan shibboleth" or
> "partisan
> > >> slogan."
> > >>
> > >> JL
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 9:24 AM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> Is there a term for a buzzword/political label that is
> overwhelmingly used
> > >>> by one side in a debate but only has semantic valence in the context
> of
> > >>> that debate?
> > >>>
> > >>> The ur-examples may be "pro-life" and "pro-choice," but as has been
> > >>> pointed out, there are lots of examples.
> > >>>
> > >>> I would distinguish them from words like "patriarcy" or "fascist"
> which in
> > >>> the current political context may be mostly used by one side but
> have a
> > >>> life of their own outside this context. "Cancel culture" is a term
> limited
> > >>> to one faction in our particular political moment.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > >>> Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2021 7:57am
> > >>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > >>> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Cancel Culture
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> The "opposing political view" being suppressed is often "one's own."
> So the
> > >>> term is "used opprobriously."
> > >>>
> > >>> JL
> > >>>
> > >
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