Here is the issue with the whole "cancel" thing and why I feel Netflix made the right call.
What to Know
Cancel is getting a new use.
Canceling and
cancel culture have to do with the removing of support for public figures in response to their objectionable behavior or opinions. This can include boycotts or refusal to promote their work.
To cancel someone (usually a celebrity or other well-known figure) means to stop giving support to that person. The act of canceling could entail boycotting an actor’s movies or no longer reading or promoting a writer’s works. The reason for cancellation can vary, but it usually is due to the person in question having expressed an objectionable opinion, or having conducted themselves in a way that is unacceptable, so that continuing to patronize that person’s work leaves a bitter taste.
Show’s over, folks. Time to go home.
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GLAAD didn't go to the people, they went straight to Netflix.
The numbers matter and the majority of folks evidently don't agree with GLAADS POV.
Even more ironic:
The Origin of 'Cancel Culture'
The idea of canceling—and as some have labeled it,
cancel culture—has taken hold in recent years due to conversations prompted by #MeToo and other movements that demand greater accountability from public figures.
The term has been credited to black users of Twitter, where it has been used as a hashtag.
How did cancel culture start?
One of the earliest pop culture references to someone being "canceled" was in late 2014, during an episode of VH1's reality show
"Love and Hip-Hop: New York." Cisco Rosado, a cast member and music executive, told his then-girlfriend Diamond Strawberry, "You're canceled," after she revealed she had a daughter.
The word took on a life of its own among mostly Black users on Twitter. It was used as a way to show disapproval for a person's actions as a joke or lighthearted criticism.
Actually the term blew up from the likes of Grand Puba in music and on the Big Screen it was Nino Brown who made it popular first before anyone.
Fast forward to today and GLAAD expects black folks / the entire United States to "cancel" one of our most beloved comedians for the sake of the feelings of a rich trans gender white woman who openly supports Donald Trump, just because they said so.
We cant even get rid of the Confederate Flag for crying out loud!
Black folks got MUCH bigger fish to fry.
Even the Trans ones (like Flame Monroe) aint with GLAAD on this one.
" “We Blacks,” he says, “we look at the gay community and we go … ‘Look how well that movement is going. Look how well you are doing. And we’ve been trapped in this predicament for hundreds of years. How … are you making that kind of progress?’ I can’t help but feel like if slaves had baby oil and booty shorts, we might have been free a hundred years sooner.”
