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@no1marauder said
Let's say the guy who works at the local gas station is a avid Trump supporter and constantly makes posts denigrating "liberals". If 90% of the gas station's customers are "liberal", would you be okay with him being fired?

Stop making up hyptheical BS....anyone that brags about someone being murdered and how happy they are about it and hopes their family gets killed too should be fired from whatever job they have because NOBODY wants to be around that s..h.i.t. .
Agree? Yes or no, not some c.r.a.p about a "what if" scenario that has nothing to do with the discussion.

@wildgrass said
LOL "finally"??? Where have you been?

Two of the most prominent examples of cancel culture in modern history were Colin Kaepernick and Al Franken.

Is there any equivalent to those two on the right? Maybe Roseanne Barr?

Franken was cancelled by the me-too's, a left wing movement.

Kaepernick wasn't cancelled at all. The NFL teams justifiably believed the distraction he brought wasn't worth the mediocre level of talent he possessed. And before the non-NFL fans start pratting about the fact that he went to a Super Bowl, look at his stats the two years before the kneeling began. He was, at best, a replacement-level QB.

@no1marauder said
Dalton Trumbo knew a little bit about right wing "cancel culture" 75+ years ago.

In the McCarthy era, cancel culture was a right wing phenomenon.

By the late teens/early 20's, the left had taken it over.

@sh76 said
Franken was cancelled by the me-too's, a left wing movement.

Kaepernick wasn't cancelled at all. The NFL teams justifiably believed the distraction he brought wasn't worth the mediocre level of talent he possessed. And before the non-NFL fans start pratting about the fact that he went to a Super Bowl, look at his stats the two years before the kneeling began. He was, at best, a replacement-level QB.

That's BS. There were dozens of QBs in the NFL that were clearly inferior to Kaepernick that were retained while he was blackballed.

I don't consider Franken a "cancel culture" victim at all; he was pushed out because of his non-political actions not for any speech he engaged in.

@sh76 said
In the McCarthy era, cancel culture was a right wing phenomenon.

By the late teens/early 20's, the left had taken it over.

Three university presidents got forced out because they didn't do enough to suppress the speech of pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist student protesters.

"Cancel culture" has always been in the toolbox of the right.

@no1marauder said
That's BS. There were dozens of QBs in the NFL that were clearly inferior to Kaepernick that were retained while he was blackballed.

I don't consider Franken a "cancel culture" victim at all; he was pushed out because of his non-political actions not for any speech he engaged in.

===There were dozens of QBs in the NFL that were clearly inferior to Kaepernick that were retained while he was blackballed.===

Yeah, that's what mediocre means. Middle. He was maybe good enough to be a starting QB, but that's about it.

If you're that kind of a distraction and you're a hall of fame talent, they put up with you, sometimes. If you're that kind of a distraction and you're a medium talent, they dump you. That's the NFL.

@no1marauder said
Three university presidents got forced out because they didn't do enough to suppress the speech of pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist student protesters.

"Cancel culture" has always been in the toolbox of the right.

Not doing enough to protect Jewish students on campus is incompetence, not speech.

@Cliff-Mashburn said
Stop making up hyptheical BS....anyone that brags about someone being murdered and how happy they are about it and hopes their family gets killed too should be fired from whatever job they have because NOBODY wants to be around that s..h.i.t. .
Agree? Yes or no, not some c.r.a.p about a "what if" scenario that has nothing to do with the discussion.

Here's a principled stand:

no1: What people post on social media is none of their employers' business unless it directly relates to the job.

And thousands of people are currently being investigated or actually fired for so-called "inappropriate" comments which clearly don't reach the level you are prattling about; hundreds of teachers in Texas alone including two professors who didn't even make their comments online but after being secretly taped. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/15/texas-education-teacher-comments-charlie-kirk/

This is mass suppression of speech in clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

@sh76 said
Not doing enough to protect Jewish students on campus is incompetence, not speech.

A lie as you know.

Jewish students are not entitled to be "protected" from speech they don't like.

@no1marauder said
Here's a principled stand:

no1: What people post on social media is none of their employers' business unless it directly relates to the job.

And thousands of people are currently being investigated or actually fired for so-called "inappropriate" comments which clearly don't reach the level you are prattling about; hundreds of teachers in Texas alone including two pr ...[text shortened]... omments-charlie-kirk/

This is mass suppression of speech in clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Still refusing to answer a simple question.

@Cliff-Mashburn said
Still refusing to answer a simple question.

The post answers your question. IF the person makes such comments on the job, yes; if he makes it anywhere else, including social media, no.

@sh76 said
===There were dozens of QBs in the NFL that were clearly inferior to Kaepernick that were retained while he was blackballed.===

Yeah, that's what mediocre means. Middle. He was maybe good enough to be a starting QB, but that's about it.

If you're that kind of a distraction and you're a hall of fame talent, they put up with you, sometimes. If you're that kind of a distraction and you're a medium talent, they dump you. That's the NFL.

Show another example where an NFL player was "dumped" for political speech.

@no1marauder said
Show another example where an NFL player was "dumped" for political speech.

Wasn't some pro/college football coach fired because he referenced some conservative news site and the whole democrat world went nuts?
He didn't even say anything offensive.

@sh76 said
Franken was cancelled by the me-too's, a left wing movement.

Kaepernick wasn't cancelled at all. The NFL teams justifiably believed the distraction he brought wasn't worth the mediocre level of talent he possessed. And before the non-NFL fans start pratting about the fact that he went to a Super Bowl, look at his stats the two years before the kneeling began. He was, at best, a replacement-level QB.

Splitting hairs mate. Roseanne barr wasnt exactly at the top of her game. They were cancelled. Kaepernick was definitely cancelled.

Do you have any justification for the idea that libs have been spared from cancel culture until now? That argument seems so absurd.

@no1marauder said
Show another example where an NFL player was "dumped" for political speech.

Chris Kluwe (possibly).

Riley Cooper was fined, though he stayed with the team.

Justin Tucker. Not exactly speech, but for being a distractions. Johnny Manziel. Manti Te’o fell out of the first round due to his being a distraction.

Antonio Brown and Terrell Owens were basically chased off several teams for being a distraction.

The Patriots famously under Bellichik released people all the time for being distrctions. Chad Ochocinco and Cassius Marsh come to mind.

Sure, none of these are exact analogs to Kaepernick. But the point is that NFL teams don't want distractions. And Kaepernick, not by his off-the-field political speech, but by his unwillingness to abide by NFL norms, was a distraction.

Kaepernick had already lose his starting job to Blaine Gabbert before he started kneeling during the anthem. The 49ers didn't feel as though they needed their backup QB to be the focus of the team, and so they dropped him. Other teams didn't feel that a backup QB was worth taking on a guy with a chip on his shoulder.

Other teams made inquiries about Kaepernick. They even scheduled a workout for him and a bunch of teams were going to come, but he cancelled if for some reason. This is speculation, but I'm guessing teams inquiring about whether he'd just agree to play ball and forget the political stuff were told that he would not.

The point is, he wasn't cancelled and no collusion was proven. Teams made the decision that his talent level didn't justify the level of distraction he'd become.