May 19, 2021 - Americans and ‘Cancel Culture’: Where Some See Calls for Accountability, Others See Censorship, Punishment
By Emily A. Vogels, Monica Anderson, Margaret Porteus, Chris Baronavski, Sara Atske, Colleen McClain, Brooke Auxier, Andrew Perrin and Meera Ramshankar
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The most common responses by far centered around accountability. Some 49% of those familiar with the term said it describes actions people take to hold others accountable:2
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There were some notable partisan and ideological differences in what the term cancel culture represents. Some 36% of conservative Republicans who had heard the term described it as actions taken to hold people accountable, compared with roughly half or more of moderate or liberal Republicans (51%), conservative or moderate Democrats (54%) and liberal Democrats (59%).
Conservative Republicans who had heard of the term were more likely than other partisan and ideological groups to see cancel culture as a form of censorship. Roughly a quarter of conservative Republicans familiar with the term (26%) described it as censorship, compared with 15% of moderate or liberal Republicans and roughly one-in-ten or fewer Democrats, regardless of ideology. Conservative Republicans aware of the phrase were also more likely than other partisan and ideological groups to define cancel culture as a way for people to cancel anyone they disagree with (15% say this) or as an attack on traditional American society (13% say this).
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race The FOX host said DeSantis's HB7 guaranteed racism and slavery would be taught in Florida schools, as if all teaching of slavery and racism was under threat. Talk about misrepresentation. It's a bit like saying every animal with two legs is a bird. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=172063848
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”