Cancel Culture and Progressive Iconoclasm: The #Blackout Edition w/ extra "Guidance"

Husky_Khan

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We already have a thread pertaining to Iconoclasm in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Cancel Culture in general, and the Destruction of Confederate Memorials.

But with all of the peaceful protests spreading like arsonist fire across the country, it seems like it might be appropriate to have a thread that can inventory and chronicle all of the beautiful ways people have been honoring the memory of George Floyd whether it's vandalism of national monuments, the tearing down of statues of offensive dead people, or the craven manner in which media companies are removing potentially offensive content regardless of quality, merit, relevance or impact.

As already posted in the main George Floyd thread, a statue of Thomas Jefferson was torn down in Portland, Oregon today by a bunch of ignorant High Schoolers apparently.


Meanwhile in the world of media, companies ranging from HBO to Netflix have been scrambling to scrub their content of anything potentially offensive.

For example the BBC removed an episode of Fawlty Towers called 'The Germans' which was originally released way back in 1975 and said it would be released again with 'extra guidance' because of the highly offensive language contained within. Noted cis old white male John Cleese had this to say:



Also Netflix announced it was removing four Chris Lilley shows for facial appropriation or something though BBC is standing by this one:


In a comparatively milder but notable case, HBO Max removed 'Gone With the Wind' from its service so it could add a special introductory message from some Black scholar and Film Studies Major Degree holder to provide context to the move because of stereotypes and segregation or something. Because "Right now, people are turning to movies for racial re-education, and the top-selling books on Amazon are about anti-racism and racial inequality. If people are really doing their homework, we may be poised to have our most informed, honest, and productive national conversations yet about Black lives on screen and off."

 

Husky_Khan

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Aleksandar Katai, a Serbian-born Soccer Player for the MLS team LA Galaxy was fired from the team over a post his wife made on Instagram which featured two captioned pictures, one showing a Police SUV driving through a crowd of protestors and stating in Serbian "Kill the Shits" and the other showing a Black Woman looting a store of shoes that was captioned "Black Nikes Matter."


Also NBA Commentator for the Sacremento Kings, Grant Napear was fired from his job for tweeting "All lives matter. Every single one." He was first placed on leave for his insensitive comments and wrote up an apology published in the local paper, the Sacramento Bee but it was all for naught as he was fired. He had worked as a NBA Commentator for the Kings since 1988.




Very triggering.
 

Husky_Khan

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Who would've thought they would go after Confederate graves and not just statues and base names... :rolleyes:


Article said:
According to the church website, Maryland was a border state at the time and one of four slave states that did not secede from the Union. The church, home to both Confederate and Union supporters, buried the 17 Confederate soldiers on its grounds and erected the monument in 1896. The church evolved and 100 years later welcomed an openly gay African-American woman to serve as its pastor.
 

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Husky_Khan

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If you won't publicly denounce your Stepson, then you too are just as guilty.

 

prinCZess

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As already posted in the main George Floyd thread, a statue of Thomas Jefferson was torn down in Portland, Oregon today by a bunch of ignorant High Schoolers apparently.
On one hand, I feel a sort of perverse vindication and slightest urge to almost respect these idiots--and others who decry the public memorialization and veneration of Jefferson, Washington, and others--because they, unlike many of the others doing the same thing to Confederate monuments, at least maintain a consistent standard rather than twisting into a pretzel to justify action against the Confederacy but not other American misdeeds and other American actors who don't hold up under examination by modern standards.

Of course, that consistent standard is also the dumbest, most intentionally and blindly ignorant, and immature one that is possible--to such an extent it was a 'the reasoning to get here is so stupid it demonstrates other, lesser stupidity' example for many years for me. So...On the other hand it's just flat horrifying.
 

Husky_Khan

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Well that was quicker then I thought.

They jumped to tearing down the statues of Ulysses S. Grant because he briefly owned a slave, Francis Scott Key because he was repentant slave owner and 18th century Friar Junipero Serra because he canonized and converted Native Americans.

Any predictions on who will be next to destroy?
 

Shadepen97

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Well that was quicker then I thought.

They jumped to tearing down the statues of Ulysses S. Grant because he briefly owned a slave, Francis Scott Key because he was repentant slave owner and 18th century Friar Junipero Serra because he canonized and converted Native Americans.

Any predictions on who will be next to destroy?
Ben Franklin for 50! and WAshington for 100!
 

Cherico

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Well that was quicker then I thought.

They jumped to tearing down the statues of Ulysses S. Grant because he briefly owned a slave, Francis Scott Key because he was repentant slave owner and 18th century Friar Junipero Serra because he canonized and converted Native Americans.

Any predictions on who will be next to destroy?

actual people.
 

Yinko

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They tried to cancel Terry Crews for saying that BLM was slipping into black supremacy.

Got to say, I'm triggered :mad:! That's cultural appropriation, we had racial supremacy first! :ROFLMAO:

Not even close to the only instance of blacks and liberals speaking out against the unrest and getting attacked, just the one I thought was most interesting in regards to cancel culture.
 

Bonhofmar

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Aleksandar Katai, a Serbian-born Soccer Player for the MLS team LA Galaxy was fired from the team over a post his wife made on Instagram which featured two captioned pictures, one showing a Police SUV driving through a crowd of protestors and stating in Serbian "Kill the Shits" and the other showing a Black Woman looting a store of shoes that was captioned "Black Nikes Matter."
Serbians being racially insensitive. I'm shocked, utterly shocked.
 

Husky_Khan

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New York Times is on an Iconoclastic Roll these past few days... first the column by ironically named and perpetual Race Victim Charles Blow.


But why stop at Washington statues? There's a whole mountain of issues still left to deal with...

 

Husky_Khan

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120 year old Racist Elk Statue torn down amidst riots in Portland. Apparently it too was racist or something... I dunno.


Might be time to replace the National Anthem Star Spangled Banner as well according to one Yahoo Columnist.


Maybe they can replace it with the Black National Anthem like the NFL will be in Week One.

 

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