Tag: cancel culture

Abraham Lincoln Bust, Gettysburg Address Plaque Removed From Cornell University Library ‘After Complaint’

A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque of the Gettysburg Address have been removed from a Cornell University Library following a complaint, according to reports. Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, after “someone complained,” according to the higher education news website, College Fix.  The bust of Lincoln…


George Washington University Rejects Students’ Demand, Keeps Justice Thomas’s Teaching Job

Frustrated by the role Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas played in overturning Roe v. Wade, progressively minded students at George Washington University (GW) launched a petition calling for a revoking of Thomas’s teaching position at the institution’s law school. Thomas has lectured at GW since 2011. According to the university, he is set to teach…


EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Has VA Suspend All Benefits of Jan. 6 Prisoner

Just when the wife of one incarcerated Jan. 6 prisoner believed things couldn’t get worse, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) informed her they are going to suspend all of her husband’s benefits. According to United States Representative Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), “this is what you have when vindictive leftists get in charge of major parts of…


Cassidy Hutchinson Testimony at Jan. 6 Hearing Would Be Inadmissible in Real Court: Attorney

Most of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony this week in front of the Jan. 6 Committee would not be allowed in court, according to Pennsylvania Republican trial attorney Wally Zimolong. Hutchinson, 25, is the former aide to President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows. She testified that Trump protested in a car when a Secret Service…


Rebranding of Canada Day in Winnipeg in the Name of Reconciliation Regrettable: Critics

The Canada Day celebration in Winnipeg has been rebranded “New Day,” a move some academics and a retired Manitoba judge say represents a regrettable milestone for Canada. The Forks North Portage Partnership, which manages historic site The Forks, where the annual Canada Day festivities are held, announced the change in a statement. “We acknowledge the anger and…


Cancelling Australia’s Founding Father Weakens the Constitution: Prominent Legal Group

One of Australia’s foremost legal associations has pushed back calls to “cancel” Sir Samuel Griffith, a pivotal figure in Australia’s history, as it argued doing so would undermine the nation’s rule of law. It comes after Indigenous artist Fiona Foley proposed to removed Griffith’s name from Griffith University and instead call the institution ‘Dundalli University.’…


Why I Don’t Watch TV News

Commentary If you have any sense of history (and that commodity is becoming rarer as fantasy takes its place), you’ll know how difficult it was for most human generations to acquire knowledge. For millennia personal observation and hearsay were all we had. Then writing was invented, but books were staggeringly expensive until printing came along,…


BLM Supporter Sentenced to 10 Years Prison for Violence During Portland Riots

An Indiana man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for playing a significant part in fueling violence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and rioting in Portland, Oregon. Malik Fard Muhammad, 25, was sentenced on Tuesday for “repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging…


Ideological Exile: Musician Cancelled for Going to Jan. 6 Rally Closes Book on Former Life to Begin New Chapter

For over 20 years, Ariel Rosenberg, also known by his stage name Ariel Pink, has been embraced in the independent music industry as an enigmatic, imaginative musician who thinks for himself and makes his own way. But when it was discovered that Rosenberg had been at the rally outside of the White House on Jan….


Oxford College ‘Misled’ Students Over Account of Events Leading to Christian Group Ban

An investigation has disproved allegations against the Christian group the Wilberforce Academy after a joint campaign by the Free Speech Union and Christian Concern. Last year, Worcester College was accused of “cancel culture” after it apologised to students for the “distress caused” after it hosted a Christian Concern training camp called the Wilberforce Academy while…