Professor William Jacobson, clinical professor at Cornell Law, published a column on Real Clear Politics on Wednesday. In it Professor Jacobson talked about Cancel Culture. I urge everyone to read the entire article at Real Clear Politics.
Some excerpts follow.
During his July 4, 2020 speech at Mount Rushmore, President Donald Trump referred to the “political weapon” of “cancel culture,” describing it as “driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters, and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees.”
Trump’s cancel culture reference was scorned by liberal media outlets such as The New York Times, calling such “culture war” comments a “straw-man version of the left.” Similarly, liberal writer Judd Legum dismissed claims of “cancel culture” as “something that does not exist.”
Yet cancel culture is very real, and it’s getting worse with the increased power of the Black Lives Matter movement. There are numerous documented examples of people being investigated or losing their jobs for criticizing BLM’s origins or tactics.
Cancel Culture is everywhere. Professor Jacobson documents that the faux “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” was used to help get BLM going.
In one blog post, I documented how the “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” founding narrative of BLM was fabricated after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014. Even the Obama Justice Department found that Brown was shot after attacking a police officer, and did not have his hands raised in surrender or say, “Don’t shoot.” Yet to this day, I pointed out, BLM protesters chant, “Hands up! Don’t shoot!”
Read the entire column over at Real Clear Politics. Spread the link to all you know. We need to pushback against these people.