Clifton Duncan (@cliftonaduncan)

Allow me to educate you: One friend of mine got banished from Broadway in 2020 for not getting the jab. She is a 2x Tony Award nominee and they still won't welcome her back. Another was fired from a world-famous band after posting about a book by a controversial journalist. Another was cancelled by a major symphony orchestra in 2020. He's currently suing another symphony orchestra that's trying to blackball him. Two friends of mine had their long and distinguished careers destroyed for voicing gender critical views. One is in the US, the other is in the UK (yes, it's an international problem). I'm still on a list in NYC for condemning pandemic policy and identity politics. Many people have had their lives ruined over the past decade for nothing more than their mere existence being offensive to left-wing orthodoxy. They had thriving careers doing what they loved, with people they thought were friends. Then they thought one wrong thing and it was all over. "Cancel Culture" doesn't grab headlines the way it did 10 years ago. It's no longer shocking. We've even grown used to it. But the thing is, most of the people who get cancelled aren't rich, famous comedians. That's why people like this person can pretend it doesn't happen, successfully signaling to peers that she's still "safe" to associate with, all while remaining blissfully ignorant of the devastation wrought over the past decade...most of it inflicted by people exactly like her.