You’re aware of the cancel culture, right? It’s the social media guillotine that comes crashing down when the morality mob determines it doesn’t like someone or something it deems offensive.
Some cancel culture targets are easier to accept than others. Take the announcement this week that the reality TV show “Cops” was canceled.
When I heard that, my first thought was, “Dang, who knew ‘Cops’ was still on?” Which was immediately followed by two or three verses of “Bad Boys, Bad Boys … whatcha gonna do?” from the show’s theme song.
“Cops” was an obvious target, but somehow this decision also feels easy since it’s unlikely that sponsors were lining up to be the official oven mitt of “Cops” these days.
Some cancel targets, though, are headscratchers. In the remake of classic Looney Toons cartoons, erstwhile foils Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam have been de-gunned. That’s right, Sam’s six-shooters got 86-ed and Fudd’s shotgun was replaced by a net.