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by belltaco 1492 days ago
Does this count as cancel culture or not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicks#2003%E2%80%932005:_...

And they were just speaking out against the war and a President.

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Groups using cancel culture tactics don’t necessarily share politics, but they share a strange willingness to do harm to others that don’t share their belief system. That makes them more alike than different in my opinion. Above all else, they are bullies.
I think it does. Cancel culture is not new, it just seems to be especially aggressive over the past several years.
It seems that way because people keep writing about it.