[mlewis78]

"Cancel culture" is an unfortunate term that is often used now by the right wing in the U.S. I thought maybe they created the term. It is used by them even more during the great unpleasantness of Covid-19.

I have seen reputations irreparably damaged, but I do not call that "cancel culture." It's more that people who have never heard of Garrison Keillor, Leonard Lopate and Al Franken jump to conclusions based on the media. Even the New York Times has perpetuated the damage in its follow-up articles that mention Lopate and Keillor. Lopate has been back on the air with an in-depth interview radio show on WBAI, and Keillor returned to doing the Writer's Almanac and writing books and a column in his website. Al Franken has a podcast (well, anyone can have that, I'll admit) and many senators regret what they did to end his political career as a senator. But this is not cancel culture. I'll repeat that cancel culture is an unfortunate term used by the right wing here in the U.S.