Cancel culture?
Saw this post on a local neighborhood app. Someone suggested the local university is removing this statue of the mascot, a Matador, for being "racist" because of this photo. Cue all the triggered masses.
Some comments from the thread:
"when cancel culture hits the universities, truth becomes subjective and history becomes a tool used to actively change a distasteful past into a false, but kinder, more gentle, and less embarrassing narrative of what truly occurred."
"Our poor kids are no longer allowed to enjoy a carefree childhood before they have to pick which sex they want to be, worry about saving the planet before they are 10 or they won’t live to be 20. They see people removing statues of people in our history that they’ve never learned about because accurate history is no longer taught in schools. They are taught that skin color is everything and determines how successful you will be in life. Sad!"
"Poor babies. Not enough cuddling at home? No self-esteem or confidence lessons from parents? No “stick n stones…”? No mental strength to overcome? When they come after you I’ll remind you (all) you asked for it. Everyone gets their turn to rise but you wimps need hand-holding for everything-even where and how to shop."
"This is how all totalitarian revolutions start. At first it’s minor silly changes that aren’t worth fighting.. but as time goes on the restrictions and their justifications start to compound on one another. So you don’t care about this statue, but what do you care about and what are you willing to defend…and how would you defend it? Now is the time to start drawing red lines in your mind. Because if you think they’ll stop at statues, you’re being very naive. You’ve been warned."
"A lot of children born after 1980 were raised getting trophies for just showing up. This is a form of limiting a child and they are “held back” in life. No pain no gain."
"The pollination is getting dummer by the minute, hie is this statue racist. We are heading to communism and people don’t realize it, I feel sorry"
Then we get to
"I contacted the university and asked their media department if they knew about this. They did some checking and have just confirmed back to me. This is work being done to install more ‘named’ bricks for those that made donations in support of the university."
Now I wonder how many people are going to repeat that "woke liberals cancel matadors because they are racist" because of this information. OP there was probably a conservative trying to spread misinformation.
