Report: What Young Conservatives Say About Cancel Culture
From the Badger Institute
My recent article from the Badger Institute:
Young conservatives in Wisconsin say the threat of being ostracized or losing their jobs over their political ideas is very real to them. In the soul-searching that followed the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 election, attention turned to young Republican voters in an effort to plot the direction of the party. When the Badger Institute recently went out to talk to those voters about the health of conservative ideas, we found that people were incredibly skeptical. Some refused to speak; others wanted anonymity. All were worried about being “canceled” by a culture intolerant of their beliefs.
And why not when so many of the targets are successful and influential: Tucker Carlson, the conservative populist with a huge audience on Fox News; Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, whose fiscal conservatism is regularly twisted and pilloried; and J.K. Rowling, creator of the “Harry Potter” empire, for challenging the transgender rights movement.
As of this writing, rapper Nicki Minaj, hardly a conservative gadfly, faces a full-on cancel siege for posting on Twitter skeptical — and questionable — opinions about COVID-19 vaccines.
Livelihoods threatened
Young conservatives just getting started in their careers in a deeply polarized Badger State don’t have the leverage of Minaj’s global social media following or her $100 million net worth to give a middle finger to progressive cancel culture.
Questioning or opposing the new federally imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates for businesses, advocating for expanded school choice, opposing critical race theory, proselytizing or defending free speech in public elicits derision from the mainstream media, on-campus and most recently from corporations hoping to benefit from “woke” posturing.
Eric Brooks, a Twitter personality popular among politically active young conservatives in Wisconsin, was one of the few people approached by the Badger Institute willing to talk on the record.
“The suppression of free speech, especially through threats and coercion” has conservatives worried, says Brooks, 27, a former educator who has done grassroots work for Americans for Prosperity, Wisconsin Young Republicans and Concerned Veterans for America.
“Many people feel that their employment and livelihoods could be threatened because of their beliefs — it goes beyond just being ‘canceled’ on social media,” Brooks says.
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