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Cancel Culture’s Biggest Practitioner
Donald Trump fuels a movement he rails against.
Yesterday, another 1,349 souls were lost to a pandemic that the US government was either incapable of mitigating or indifferent to preventing. A Republican advisor has admitted that Trump has “grown bored” with the virus. Indeed, something far more exciting has surfaced. A bigger fish to fry, if you will.
“Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES — They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!)” the president tweeted.
Goodyear has a policy of discouraging overtly political actions by its employees. The same policy, for example, would also dissuade employees from wearing an Obama “hope” t-shirt. But why provide objective context when you can be the victim of your own narrative?
Trump used his official Twitter handle to call for the boycott of a private business for political reasons. If this isn’t cancel culture, I’m not sure what is. Right wing politicians have long waged bad faith culture wars in an effort to scare voters. Trickle down economics won’t motivate voters to the polls, but some social justice warrior trying to cancel you? Now we’re talking.
