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'''Cancel culture''' is the banning of individuals from [[employment]] and social status based upon their race, ethnicity, ideology, or simple opinions. It originated in [[Nazi Germany]] in the 1930s to remove [[Jew]]s from all aspects of public life. <ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-nazis-pioneered-cancel-culture-</ref>  [[Russian]] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] defines it as "violence against objective reality."  It is a [[radical-left]] extremist idea.

'''Cancel culture''' is the banning of individuals from [[employment]] and social status based upon their race, ethnicity, ideology, or simple opinions. It originated in [[Nazi Germany]] in the 1930s to remove [[Jew]]s from all aspects of public life.<ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-the-nazis-pioneered-cancel-culture-</ref>  [[Russian]] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] defines it as "violence against objective reality."  It is a [[radical-left]] extremist idea.

The term describes a phenomenon related to [[political correctness]] wherein one is "cancelled" (i.e., censored, boycotted, cyber-bullied, etc.) for being of the wrong race or saying or doing something allegedly immoral/amoral, [[bigotry|bigoted]], insensitive or purposefully offensive, or simply politically incorrect.  

The term describes a phenomenon related to [[political correctness]] wherein one is "cancelled" (i.e., censored, boycotted, cyber-bullied, etc.) for being of the wrong race or saying or doing something allegedly immoral/amoral, [[bigotry|bigoted]], insensitive or purposefully offensive, or simply politically incorrect.  

In 2022, a [[Tennessee]] school board voted to remove the [[Holocaust]] comic book ''Maus'' from its curriculum because of scenes of violence and nudity of anthropomorphic animal characters.

In 2022, a [[Tennessee]] school board voted to remove the [[Holocaust]] comic book ''Maus'' from its curriculum because of scenes of violence and nudity of anthropomorphic animal characters.

Soon after, Greg Locke, a Tennessee pastor, organized a book-burning, targetting "demonic" titles including the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, by [[J.K. Rowling]]<ref>https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/theyre-burning-books-in-tennessee/article_1f8c631e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html</ref>.

Soon after, Greg Locke, a Tennessee pastor, organized a book-burning, targeting "demonic" titles including the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, by [[J.K. Rowling]].<ref>https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/theyre-burning-books-in-tennessee/article_1f8c631e-850f-11ec-bc9f-dbd44d7e14d7.html</ref>

Ironically, Rowling has been a cancel-culture target herself, due to her opposition to the [[transgender]] agenda.

Ironically, Rowling has been a cancel-culture target herself, due to her opposition to the [[transgender]] agenda.

==Vladimir Putin on cancel culture==

==Vladimir Putin on cancel culture==

Speaking at the 2022 Valdai Club Conference, Russian Federation President [[Vladimir Putin]] said of cancel culture:

Speaking at the 2022 Valdai Club Conference, Russian Federation President [[Vladimir Putin]] said of cancel culture:

:"The rulers of the West, believing themselves infallible, desire to destroy or cancel those they dislike. While [[Nazi]]s burn books, the Western guardians of [[liberalism]] and [[progressive|progress]] now ban [[Dostoyevsky]] and [[Tchaikovsky]]. [[Liberal democracy]] has transformed into something unrecognizable, declaring any alternative viewpoint as [[propaganda]], or a threat. The so-called '[[cancel culture]]' destroys anything that is alive and creative, preventing any freedom of thought in culture, economics, or politics alike.

:"The rulers of the West, believing themselves infallible, desire to destroy or cancel those they dislike. While [[Nazi]]s burn books, the Western guardians of [[liberalism]] and [[progressive|progress]] now ban [[Dostoyevsky]] and [[Tchaikovsky]]. [[Liberal democracy]] has transformed into something unrecognizable, declaring any alternative viewpoint as [[propaganda]], or a threat. The so-called 'cancel culture' destroys anything that is alive and creative, preventing any freedom of thought in culture, economics, or politics alike.

:History of course will put everything in its place. The self-conceit of those who seek to cancel is off the charts. But no one will even remember their names in a few years, while Dostoyevsky and Tchaikovsky and [[Pushkin]] will endure."

:History of course will put everything in its place. The self-conceit of those who seek to cancel is off the charts. But no one will even remember their names in a few years, while Dostoyevsky and Tchaikovsky and [[Pushkin]] will endure."