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    This answer is all right, but I think any discussion on the meaning of cancel culture without mentioning the terms highly partisan usage is incomplete. Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 19:43
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    I think it's more complicated than "highly partisan". My interpretation is that it's most often used by virtue signaling elements of the identity politics crowd, who try to prove how not racist/sexist/etc they are by trying to point the finger everywhere else. The targets are rather evenly distributed in terms of partisanship, since the accusers are not afraid to eat their own, but one ethnicity and one gender is vastly overrepresented among the targets. None of these statements are anywhere near universally accepted, so I left them out, trying for a less controversial answer. Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 21:25
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    "it's most often" – I assume by this you're referring to the actions which are described by some as "cancel culture"? I think MegaCrow is referring to the usage of the term being partisan – meaning that people who complain about "cancel culture" are almost always right-wingers complaining about what the consider "left-wing" values. Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 21:45
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    @divibisan That makes sense, it seems I misinterpreted the comment. I've seen it used plenty by people who are definitely not Trumpists, but people who use it certainly tend to be opposed to what they consider "cancel culture" to represent. I'll think about it, maybe I'll find a way to work that into the answer Commented Mar 15, 2021 at 21:59
  • @Peter "The benefits are that it is produces swift results" This is what the corporate propaganda system wants people to believe. Commented Mar 16, 2021 at 15:41