The Origin Story of Cancel Culture or Cancel Culture Club

A year into the pandemic, with over a half a million lives lost, economic stress, kids missing out on school, we all know that despite all this loss the most important issue facing us all is the threat of being cancelled, or at least you would believe that based on the amount of coverage it receives. Now if you feel cancel culture may not be as dangerous as let's say, unchecked systemic violence, you would be correct. But why is it when there are verifiably more pressing threats, that these issues from the culture wars are brought up more frequently than vaccines or education or any other of the dozens of issues that effect Americans quality of life? We cover that in today's episode of Acts of Pod.

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