This Date In "Cancel Culture" History

On this day in 1865 the Confederacy was cancelled after an unsuccessful four-year run. pic.twitter.com/xoOc6wP1uo

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) April 9, 2021

... and started frantically rewriting history that the war wasn’t really about slavery

And started erecting monuments to the confederacy and naming southern military bases after confederate leaders

And incorporated the confederate battle flag into many of their state flags

Etc

— Correct Question 💧 (@Correct_Q) April 9, 2021

In an attempt to unify the country, the US didn't hold Confederate leaders accountable for their treason, thereby planting the seeds for the Lost Cause myth of the "honorable men fighting for states' rights."

— Ron Dufresne (@RonDufresne) April 9, 2021

Fox News, the last few months: Cancel culture is DESTROYING America!

Fox News, today: pic.twitter.com/CilQU9yMm9

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 8, 2021

There's so little discrimination that Fox News' parent company "reached a roughly $10 million settlement to resolve a group of racial and gender discrimination lawsuits involving 18 current and former employees" a few years ago (https://t.co/NQvbDZWUal). https://t.co/SCBEiLASoX

— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) April 7, 2021

Tucker Carlson Claims White Supremacy Is a "Hoax"
2019https://t.co/4fkkgIZvO6

— ° #GoodTrouble WOKE AF (@TinResistAgain) April 9, 2021

Tucker Carlson Is: (A) A White Supremacist, (b) A Klansman Without A Robe,
(C) A Boot-Licking Fascist, (d) A Misogynistic Nazi, or (E) All Of The Above

The “you will not replace us” chants in Charlottesville were based on the great replacement theory. The El Paso shooter, a 21-year-old white man who killed 22 people, mentioned it in his manifesto. The Christ Church shooter cited it. This is dark, dark stuff. https://t.co/8POmNXTbvd

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 9, 2021