There’s a lot of chatter today about cancel culture in America but cancel culture is nothing new. Who can forget what happened to the Dixie Chicks after their anti-Bush comments?
The Christian Right has long boycotted anyone who associated with the LGBTQ community, such as a 2005 campaign against Ford Motors that forced the automaker to cancel its ads in gay magazines.
In 2003, CBS canceled a series on former President Ronald Reagan after conservatives alleged that the Republican hero was unflatteringly portrayed.
The Republican suburban housewife might be the most prolific canceler in American history but the housewives are not alone. What we now call cancel culture is the contentious nature of a free society wrestling with the