At their convention five years ago, President Donald Trump and his Republican Party rallied their supporters fervently against an idea they characterized as a rot on society: cancel culture.
Too many people, they argued one by one in prime-time speeches, were being publicly ostracized — in some cases losing their jobs — for exercising their constitutional right to free speech.
But the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was among the speakers at that 2020 convention, seems to have rapidly shifted how Trump and other Republicans see the boundaries of free speech and the rules of engagement for a once-loathed cancel culture.
Previously a voice for the canceled, they are now the ones canceling.
I got sent home from school on 9/11/02 because I legitimately forgot about 9/11 and wore a T-shirt that said “bad cop, no doughnut” completely by coincidence.
No one could explain to me how the two were connected, but I got a day off school at least.
It’s always been about blind loyalty. Which is why it’s so frustrating the billionaire media is still acting like they can’t figure out why this is happening.
Theyve ignored every other time to the point they legitimately can’t remember. That or they’re just lying