Category: cancel culture

Walter Kirn: The Emerging Dystopia, a Combination of Orwellian Tyranny and Huxleian Self-Indulgence

“We sit squarely in the middle of an absurdist drama.” Two years into this pandemic, we are living in a new world. And increasingly, we are seeing, perhaps, an emerging cocktail of tyranny that combines an Orwellian tyranny with the self-indulgence and passive obedience described in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” says author, journalist, and…


‘Slandered and Abused’: Teacher Told to Stay Home After Questioning Age-Appropriateness of Gender-Transition Books in School Libraries

A Waterloo Region District School Board teacher says she has been bullied and slandered after she was ejected from a school board meeting for raising questions about age-appropriateness of some books in elementary school libraries that deal with gender transition. “Board members have taken to radio, television, social media to grossly misrepresent my remarks. I feel…


DirecTV’s Plan to Remove One America News Faces Pushback From Senators

DirecTV’s plan to boot One America News Network (OAN) is facing pushback from Republicans in Congress. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced this week that he canceled his DirecTV subscription. “Why give money to people who hate us?” he said in a statement. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), meanwhile, sent a letter (pdf) to DirecTV’s CEO, Bill…


Beyond K-12: Experts Explain How Woke Culture is Also Destroying Academia, Corporations, and the Military

On Jan. 2, The Epoch Times reported how lower expectations and the shift in focus from academic excellence in K-12 education toward the implementation of social constructs like critical race theory equals fewer literate graduates. Beyond K-12, four experts explain how woke culture is also destroying academia, corporations, and the military. ‘Our Universities’ and ‘the…


Dr. Robert Malone: COVID Dogma, Media Fearmongering, and ‘Mass Formation’ Hypnosis of Society | PART 1

“The mass is formed around the idea that the vaccines are magically going to be able to relieve them of this problem.” In this two-part episode, we sit down again with Dr. Robert Malone, who pioneered the mRNA vaccine technology that’s used in many of the COVID-19 vaccines today. We discuss his career and look…


How the Left Became Illiberal—Liel Leibovitz on a New Coalition of the Politically Homeless

“It turns out that we’re still fighting the Cold War. And it turns out that the communists are winning.” In this episode, we sit down with Liel Leibovitz, a senior writer for Tablet Magazine and host of the Unorthodox podcast. He’s the author of the popular Tablet essay, “The Turn: When I saw the left…


Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Facebook Censoring Her After Twitter Ban

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday alleged Facebook censored her personal account after she was banned by Twitter. According to screenshots of Facebook’s messages to her, it appears that Facebook prevented Greene from posting or commenting for 24 hours. “Facebook has joined Twitter in censoring me. This is beyond censorship of speech,” Greene said…


Facebook Reverses Course After Backlash for Permanently Locking Account of Conservative Children’s Book Publisher

Facebook on Monday allowed a children’s book publisher access to its account after claiming it was permanently blocked from the social media platform. Facebook told Heroes of Liberty, the publishing company, that because of the “disruptive content” they posted, the account was locked for good. But Andy Stone, a communications officer for Facebook parent company…


Joe Rogan Leads Move to New Social Media App After Recent Twitter Bans

Podcaster Joe Rogan opened a GETTR account Sunday after Twitter suspended several high-profile individuals in recent days and called on others to join him. “Just in case [expletive] over at Twitter gets even dumber, I’m here now as well,” Rogan wrote on the platform. “Rejoice!” Rogan’s move to the upstart social media website, chaired by…


mRNA Vaccine Contributor Robert Malone Joins Gettr

After Twitter suspended his account, Dr. Robert Malone, a contributor to mRNA vaccine technology, joined upstart social media website Gettr. Throughout the pandemic, Malone has been a critic of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rules as well as mitigation policies. On Twitter, he amassed more than 500,000 followers before his account was suspended. Earlier this week, Malone…