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Playing the victim & weaponising "cancel culture"
What they say: We can’t say anything without fear of being cancelled!
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What they mean: We can’t say what we want without people trying to educate us, engaging in debate or challenging our beliefs. Also, never criticise the establishment, the status quo, or the wealthy or we'll rage about it on GB News.
Criticism is often confused for oppression. Many people don't like held accountable for their words and actions or having their opinions challenged.
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In reality, few people have ever truly disappeared from public life because of something they've said or done. Those that represent the interests of the super wealthy and powerful will always have a platform. But they like to pretend this is not true.
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However, those who criticise the wealthy and powerful find it far more difficult to find a platform. When they do, they are also the victim of media pile-ons, showing how sensitive many reactionary pundits truly are.
Does "cancel culture" really exist?
The idea that the world is more sensitive these days is not backed by evidence. For many, the claim of "cancellation" only raised their profile further.
Freedom of speech is not the right to say whatever you want
Freedom of speech is not freedom to say whatever one wants. It is also not freedom from all criticism. People have the right to an opinion. But those with opposing views have equal freedom to make rebuttals with their opinions, provide alternative viewpoints, or correct a factual inaccuracy/ lie.
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Freedom of speech is also not the right to to be indulged. After dinner speakers do not have a legal right for students to sit and listen to their opinions. People have a right to speak, but not the right to force others to listen.
Champions of free speech? Or just massive hypocrites
“Snowflakes” is a term used to describe those often and easily offended.
This term is most often used in a derogatory way towards those with more progressive views. Ironically, those that most often use the term “snowflakes” are those most likely to be outraged by things that barely matter. They are also the most sensitive to criticism.
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Those that apparently hate cancel culture and snowflakes want the right to be able to say what they want, but do not think this should apply to others. They are terrified of the concept of true "freedom", where the majority get to air their opinions as freely as the elites. When elite apologists hear points of view, or jokes, that affect their sensibilities, they become astonishingly snowflake-like. Just look at how the "political correctness gone mad" brigade act when a few football fans to anti-royalist chants.
Other examples of hypocrisy from the so-called champions of free speech include: banning journalists from Conservative leadership hustings because the party "doesn't appreciate" their output, Liverpool fans exercising their rights by booing Prince William and the national anthem, and the "cancel culture" hating Tory government banning woke speakers from Government buildings.
Here, a TalkTV presenter is calling for Prince Harry to not only be stripped of royal titles, but also British citizenship for commenting on his relationship with his own family.
