Dixie Chicks. Freedom Fries. Trump trying to revoke broadcast licenses.
I love challenges and learning new things. So thank you for the tips on what to research.
Dixie Chicks - I assume you mean the controversy in 2003 when we were gearing up to invade Iraq and band member, Nicole Maines made this statement at a concert in London introducing their song "Travelin' Soldier",
"Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas."
Country music fans took exception to this and boycotted buying their music feeling it was wrong of her to criticize our President while overseas.
Bush responded to the controversy in an interview with Tom Brokaw on April 24:
"The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind. They can say what they want to say ... they shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out ... Freedom is a two-way street ... I don't really care what the Dixie Chicks said. I want to do what I think is right for the American people, and if some singers or Hollywood stars feel like speaking out, that's fine. That's the great thing about America."
That hardly sounds like a person who is trying to cancel anyone.
Freedom Fries - I don't see how renaming a menu item qualifies as cancel culture. If we wanted to cancel French culture in this country, I can think of a lot more effective ways than renaming French Fries. These same fries are called chips in England. So French fries is not really a universal designation anyway.
Trump trying to revoke broadcast licenses - Trump got himself in trouble with a lot of his tweets. These rants would have served him better if he had done them in private and not on public media; but maybe that was his way to let off steam. He did not have the power to do this and nothing happened from it. So if this is an example of GOP cancel culture, we need to take a lesson from the Big Tech firms in how to do it effectively.
All of this said, I don't see Dr. Seuss or Amazon dropping books as cancel culture. Canceling a Presidents ability to communicate with the public he serves is an example. Getting people fired for their views is an example. I would welcome the chance to go back over the last 4 years and bring up examples of this.