Trump calls out "Cancel Culture"

While I'm not here to defend "cancel culture" per se, now that Trump has officially taken a stand against it, I think it's worth questioning his own use of this very same tactic.

Quote:

"One of their political weapons is 'cancel culture' -- driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to our culture and our values, and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America," Trump said in a July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore.

The article presents a whole laundry list of "dissenters" who Trump tried to get fired and shamed.

Such as:

Quote:

September 2017: Trump tweets that NFL players and other athletes who don't stand for the National Anthem should be told, "YOU'RE FIRED." He says in another tweet, "Fire or suspend!" And at a rally, he says, "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's fired, he's fired.' "

Isn't that the very definition of what he is now decrying?

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