ちょっと前に書いた"cancel culture"、
最近とてもよく耳にすると思っていたらNPRでも取り上げていた。
"Cancel culture" is everywhere.
When Republicans Attack 'Cancel Culture,' What Does It Mean? : NPR
元々の意味は
"It is used to refer to a cultural boycott," she said. "We've had the term 'boycott' forever and ever. It just means, 'I'm not going to put my attention or money or support behind this person or organization because they've done something that I don't agree with.' That is not new, that's very old."
主義主張に同意できない個人・組織をボイコット、という至極普通の意味だったのが現在の政治的梯子外しの様に使われだしたということ。
Simultaneously, the GOP's cancel culture fixation may be seen as a sign that the party is straying from what it once stood for, and instead fixating on nonsubstantive debates.
同時に共和党の"cancel culture"定着が共和党自体の本来のマニフェストから外れてきてる象徴なのでは、という見解。
実際、レーガンやブッシュｘ２時代の共和党員が第３党を作る話があるらしい。
