Cancel culture has gone too far

userque · Jul 9, 2021

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Snowflakes.

smallfil · Jul 9, 2021

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Extreme liberals are deep down communists and fascists. They label everyone they disagree with what they are. Self projection upon others. Nobody takes these assclowns seriously, and what these fools have not learned, in a communist and fascist dictatorship, you are expendable. Being the useful idiots you are like our ET trolls, extreme liberals will continue to use you while, it suits them. Afterwards, you are just garbage to your fellow extreme liberals.

Cuddles · Jul 10, 2021

Cons triggered by OG Antifa, cancellation coming soon?:

https://www.salon.com/2021/07/07/captain-america-fox-news-political/
Fox News is shocked Captain America, longtime Nazi puncher, is political
"It’s so sad when Captain America is like Captain Woke or Captain Propaganda," one Fox guest said

userque · Jul 11, 2021

Cons were like:

gwb-trading · Jul 11, 2021

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Yep... the left-wing is still working to cancel the Hyatt.... they are now pushing that somehow the CPAC stage was a Nordic rune used by the Nazis. Maybe it is time to take a close look at the stage designs at Democratic conventions and conferences over the past 30 years.

How A Nazi Symbol At CPAC Turned Into A Massive Hyatt Public Relations Disaster
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...tt-public-relations-disaster/?sh=2681424d11e6

In a highly unusual step for a major hotel group, Hyatt felt compelled to issue multiple news releases rejecting Nazi symbolism after a politically charged conference was held in one of its hotels.

One of the year’s marquee events on the GOP calendar, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was held at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida, over the weekend. Speakers included high-profile Republicans including former President Donald Trump, who repeated false claims that he won the 2020 election.

Early on in the three-day event, outrage erupted over the event’s stage design, which drew comparisons to a Norse rune used by Nazis during World War II. A photo of the CPAC stage went viral as thousands of social media users shared posts comparing its distinctive design to an othala rune.

Following World War II, the symbol was adopted by Nazis in an “attempt to reconstruct a mythic ‘Aryan’ past,’” according to the Anti-Defamation League. “Today, it is commonly seen in tattoo form, on flags or banners, as part of group logos, and elsewhere.”

By Saturday afternoon, there had been nearly 100,000 tweets comparing the CPAC stage to the Nazi symbol, as the #boycottHYATT hashtag exploded across Twitter and other platforms.

Hyatt quickly went into damage control, attempting at first to frame the issue as one of free speech. Journalist Nancy Levine tweeted out a Hyatt statement touting the company’s responsibility to provide an inclusive environment for everyone. “We believe in the right of individuals and organizations to peacefully express their views, independent of the degree to which the perspectives of those hosting meetings and events at our hotels align with ours,” said a company spokesperson.

Social media users made it clear they believed Hyatt had missed the point. “A platform for hate is not inclusive, Hyatt,” tweeted one user. “A platform to spread the Big Lie that spawned a violent insurrection and is now fomenting another threatened one is not inclusive.”

CPAC organizers, meanwhile, disavowed any similarity between the stage design and Nazism. American Conservative Union chair Matt Schlapp tweeted that such allegations were “outrageous and slanderous,” noting that the conference included several Jewish speakers.

Still, many social media users continued to make an association between CPAC, Hyatt and Nazism. One Twitter user tweeted, “‘Seig Heil for Hyatt’ sounds like their new catchy slogan.” Scores of memes popped up that blended the othala rune with the Hyatt logo, sometimes adding a tag line such as, “Hyatt: We’re OK with Nazis.”

Yesterday, days into the PR crisis, Hyatt issued the first of two public news releases using tough verbage and making it clear that the public’s vitriol should be directed at CPAC organizers, not Hyatt.

“We take the concern raised about the prospect of symbols of hate being included in the stage design at CPAC 2021 very seriously as all such symbols are abhorrent and unequivocally counter to our values as a company,” read Hyatt’s short statement. “The CPAC 2021 event is hosted and managed by the American Conservative Union that manages all aspects of event logistics, including the stage design and aesthetics. We discussed directly with ACU leadership who told us that any resemblance to a symbol of hate is unintentional. We will continue to stay in dialogue with event organizers regarding our deep concerns. Any further questions can be directed to CPAC.”

One such statement from a national hotel brand would be remarkable enough, but later that day, Hyatt issued a second, much longer news release. This time, Hyatt’s main beef was the refusal of many CPAC attendees to adhere to the hotel’s policy on wearing face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Our colleagues worked tirelessly to support this event while enforcing Hyatt’s safety policies,” said the release. “At times, these efforts included reminding attendees to wear masks and socially distance, even while colleagues occasionally faced hostility from attendees who did not support our policies.”

“Further, we were extremely disappointed by the disrespect many individuals involved in the event showed to our colleagues,” continued Hyatt.

Hyatt’s second news release circled back to the stage design controversy in what sounded like venue host’s remorse. “Had we initially recognized the potential connections to hate symbolism, we would have proactively addressed it prior to commencement of the event,” said Hyatt. “Unfortunately, this became clear to us only after the event kicked off.”

“With CPAC’s denial of any intentional connection to hate symbols and our concerns over the safety of guests and colleagues in what could have been a disruptive situation, we allowed the event to continue,” continued Hyatt. “We understand and respect the opinions of those who might disagree with that decision.”

In these polarized times, the debacle serves as a cautionary tale for companies trying navigate in an ecosystem of starkly divided public opinion. But some might argue that Hyatt should have known better.

After all, a major recurring theme of this year’s CPAC was cancel culture.
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Well now the Cancel Culture crowd is claiming the stage at the recent CPAC looks like a huge phallic symbol. You would think this would please them... seeing it as clear evidence that conservatives are definitely coming to f@%k them. I guess nothing can please these people. They enjoyed all of Bill Clinton's phallic oriented stuff.

The CPAC Dallas stage looks like a massive phallic symbol -- and people can't stop laughing
https://www.rawstory.com/cpac-2021-2653734623/

vanzandt · Jul 11, 2021

gwb-trading said:
Well now the Cancel Culture crowd is claiming the stage at the recent CPAC looks like a huge phallic symbol. You would think this would please them... seeing it as clear evidence that conservatives are definitely coming to f@%k them. I guess nothing can please these people. They enjoyed all of Bill Clinton's phallic oriented stuff.

The CPAC Dallas stage looks like a massive phallic symbol -- and people can't stop laughing
https://www.rawstory.com/cpac-2021-2653734623/
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google "Ankh"

The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in Egyptian art to represent the word for “life” and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.

TreeFrogTrader · Jul 11, 2021

If it were the Dem Convention, Kamala would have her kneepads on already.

Just a reflexive response.

El OchoCinco · Jul 11, 2021

gwb-trading said:
Well now the Cancel Culture crowd is claiming the stage at the recent CPAC looks like a huge phallic symbol. You would think this would please them... seeing it as clear evidence that conservatives are definitely coming to f@%k them. I guess nothing can please these people. They enjoyed all of Bill Clinton's phallic oriented stuff.

The CPAC Dallas stage looks like a massive phallic symbol -- and people can't stop laughing
https://www.rawstory.com/cpac-2021-2653734623/
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Seriously..if a man's penis has a large bulbous overgrown head like that then they should see a doctor haha

Every stage that has a part sticking out is now going to be a penis I guess

Overnight · Jul 11, 2021

People are seriously undersexed if they are taking the time to look at the stage, flip it in their mind in 3D, and imagine it being a penis-like shape.

At least it is not aubergine-colored.

Cuddles · Jul 12, 2021

Matthew Hawn, who had been a tenured teacher at the Sullivan County School District since 2008 and baseball coach at Central High School, was dismissed by the local board of education on June 8 in a 6-1 vote for two separate incidents where he taught about race, reported WJHL.com, a news outlet based in Johnson City,Tenn.

At issue was Hawn assigning the essay “The First White President” by Ta-Nehisi Coates to students in his Contemporary Issues class in February, and later in March, playing a video of “White Privilege,” a spoken word poem by Kyla Jenée Lacey to the same students.

“[Donald Trump’s] political career began in advocacy of birtherism, that modern recasting of the old American precept that Black people are not fit to be citizens of the country they built,” Coates writes of the former president. “It is often said that Trump has no real ideology, which is not true — his ideology is white supremacy, in all its truculent and sanctimonious power.”