September 9, 2021
NEVERMIND CRT:
Americans and 'Cancel Culture': Where Some See Calls for Accountability, Others See Censorship, Punishment (EMILY A. VOGELS, MONICA ANDERSON, MARGARET PORTEUS, CHRIS BARONAVSKI, SARA ATSKE, COLLEEN MCCLAIN, BROOKE AUXIER, ANDREW PERRIN AND MEERA RAMSHANKAR, 9/08/21, Pew Research)
Overall, 44% of Americans say they have heard at least a fair amount about the phrase, including 22% who have heard a great deal, according to the Center's survey of 10,093 U.S. adults, conducted Sept. 8-13, 2020. Still, an even larger share (56%) say they've heard nothing or not too much about it, including 38% who have heard nothing at all. [...]As part of the survey, respondents who had heard about "cancel culture" were given the chance to explain in their own words what they think the term means.Conservative Republicans less likely than other partisan, ideological groups to describe 'cancel culture' as actions taken to hold others accountableThe most common responses by far centered around accountability. Some 49% of those familiar with the term said it describes actions people take to hold others accountable...
The obsessions of the Left/Right barely register for the 60%.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 9, 2021 12:00 AM