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Originally Posted by pata
I assume you say this in jest? Conservatives have always been the biggest proponents of 'cancel culture' from banning metal/rap/'parental advisory' music to burning Harry Potter books to ostracizing The Dixie Chicks.
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Absolutely. The most cursory look at recent banned and challenged books lists shows that it's predominantly conservatives and religious bigots objecting to books with LGBTQ+ content, antiracism content, *whispers* sex, and, erm, magic. With the strongest focus being on anything queer.
If you want to tackle cancel culture, start here:
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/f...gedbooks/top10