People who can't be #Cancelled

[NoSleep]

Everyone was doing it then. If you got Bowie you would have to #cancel the whole 70s

He started in the 60's, but anyway:

The whole 70's.

[NoSleep]

that's what i was referring to, people talked about it around the time that he died and the consensus seemed to be "nah, just let us have this one"

I thought this was a wish list rather than a list of those that haven't been cancelled as yet.

[phantom_power]

that's what i was referring to, people talked about it around the time that he died and the consensus seemed to be "nah, just let us have this one"

I think in part because some of the people who made claims had stories that didn't quite add up, added to the whole "it was the 70s" thing

[phantom_power]

I thought this was a wish list rather than a list of those that haven't been cancelled as yet.

Is it not more people who are cancel-proof?

[Monsieur Verdoux]

I thought this was a wish list rather than a list of those that haven't been cancelled as yet.

I thought it was "people who appear to be, or probably would be cancel-proof"

[Monsieur Verdoux]

I think in part because some of the people who made claims had stories that didn't quite add up, added to the whole "it was the 70s" thing

added to the complication that the girl in question still seems perfectly happy with what happened, which may incur a shrug and a feeling of "okay, probably a waste of time re-litigating this"

[thecuriousorange]

Obviously, those who are greatly loved by the public are a bit harder to cancel. See David Bowie, who was sainted upon his death. He's untouchable. John Peel too.

[NoSleep]

Is it not more people who are cancel-proof?

Looking back, it does seem I missed the point, but the Bowie one seems to have passed a lot of people by (that I've spoken to), compared to the allegations against Page (or even Peel).

[phantom_power]

I think the conflicts in the stories mean it hasn't been as widely publicised, plus his 70s image of sexy alien lady man provides a bit of a shield as well. Hiding in plain sight if you will

[king_tubby]

Iggy Pop too.

He even wrote a song about it! No-one cares.

[phantom_power]

Serge Gainsbourg

[Monsieur Verdoux]

Gainsbourg might be the ultimate, a man who defied #cancellation every second of his life

[phantom_power]

Ted Bundy

[Paul Calf]

Everyone was doing it then. If you got Bowie you would have to #cancel the whole 70s

I'm OK with that.

[phantom_power]

I'm OK with that.

No Pickety Witch? Who wants to live in that world?

[Duckula]

Limmy

He got someone kicked out of his gig a couple of years back on a very flimsy pretense (who was on this forum). Always thought he was a bit of a cunt after that.

[Cuellar]

Was that the thing with that 'Rachel' person (dunno if that's her real name) who was tweeting things like 'Gonna be front row centre for the Limmy gig', 'Going to run on stage and just grab him and not let go' or somesuch stuff. The upshot being it sounded like she might 'do something while he was on stage', so he got her barred from the show.

In my opinion it was borderline - I thought it was a bit rum, but then you don't want someone at a show who has publicly said they're going to run on stage and do something to you. Someone might at the time of course, anyone might, but if you had a way of finding out who those people were before the show began you might well think of ways to stop them attending.

[Twed]

Edit: Misunderstood, sorry

[The Lurker]

Dec maybe? That said, there was still a lot of sympathy for Ant for his drink driving charge on those ITV daytime shows where conveniently a lot of the people defending him (Eamonn Holmes, Holly & Phil, some talentless people on Loose Women) had the same agent as Ant.

Stephen Fry seems like a fair choice too, I guess. Agree with Limmy too.

Cheryl Tweedy/Cole/Fernandez-Versini. Remember the time we all forgot when she beat up a toilet attendant but it's okay cos she's apparently the nation's sweetheart?

Meryl Streep

She got in a bit of bother recently after she applauded Roman Polanski at some awards show. The GIF is used on Twitter, by people who don't know its context, when someone "spills the tea, sis".

[Cuellar]

Nah, Stephen Fry is ripe for a cancelling. You felt the tremors when he said that stupid thing about MPs expenses. And given that he's always been a vocal 'You've got no right NOT to be offended' guy, it surely can't be long before a full on cancellation occurs.

[chveik]

Woody Allen

[Crabwalk]

Was that the thing with that 'Rachel' person (dunno if that's her real name) who was tweeting things like 'Gonna be front row centre for the Limmy gig', 'Going to run on stage and just grab him and not let go' or somesuch stuff. The upshot being it sounded like she might 'do something while he was on stage', so he got her barred from the show.

In my opinion it was borderline - I thought it was a bit rum, but then you don't want someone at a show who has publicly said they're going to run on stage and do something to you. Someone might at the time of course, anyone might, but if you had a way of finding out who those people were before the show began you might well think of ways to stop them attending.

That's not what happened. He was an absolute cunt to her and it did put me off him as a person.

[bgmnts]

Eh?

[BlodwynPig]

??????

[Cuellar]

That's not what happened. He was an absolute cunt to her and it did put me off him as a person.

Oh right. Really?

[Crabwalk]

I don't think it should all be dragged up again. I just didn't want that (unintentional, I'm sure) mischaracterisation of Rachel to be hanging there unchallenged.

[Cuellar]

Fair enough

edit: just reread the thread where it all got raised, too hard to make a judgement at this distance in time and with the tweets in question having been deleted.

So I dunno. For me, Limmy is #notcancelled

[Monsieur Verdoux]

Nah, Stephen Fry is ripe for a cancelling. You felt the tremors when he said that stupid thing about MPs expenses. And given that he's always been a vocal 'You've got no right NOT to be offended' guy, it surely can't be long before a full on cancellation occurs.

He very nearly got #CANCELLED for this a couple of years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/apr/12/stephen-fry-fury-comments-abuse-victims-self-pity-charity-mind

[lazyhour]

Russell Brand, oddly.

[mr. logic]

Eminem pretty much got away with describing a gay man as a faggot last year. Obviously, he's got away with that word in the past too, but he's supposed to be a hero of the left these days, with his Trump bashing.