A new Hill-HarrisX poll found that 69% of registered voters believe that “cancel culture” unfairly punishes people for their past misdeeds. But is everyone “canceled” the same? And when did it become unfair to hold people accountable?  First off, let’s unpack the history of the term. The phrase “cancel culture” started in 2014 on Black Twitter. It was used to call out the past wrongdoings of public figures. Today, the term has morphed into something new, co-opted by white people who don’t want their pasts coming back to haunt them, and in their ever-perfect whiteness have weaponized cancel culture to correct those holding them liable. Leave it to the colonizers to turn their villainy onto their oppressed.  Now, let’s talk about anti-cancel culture. This group includes folks like Sen. Ted Cruz, Meghan McCain, Candace Owens, and the Tucker Carlsons of the world. Those who criticize cancel culture as another version of political correctness, and conflate systemic racism and inequality with accountability and the reckoning that comes along with it.  Read more