For years, conservatives watched as their voices were silenced, their posts deleted, and their shows canceled by the very media establishment that preached tolerance (see, anything starring Roseanne or Tim Allen). Now, suddenly, the architects of cancel culture are discovering what it feels like when the pendulum swings back.
The irony couldn’t be more delicious. Can you believe these people? After a decade of watching Big Tech, mainstream media, and Democratic politicians systematically deplatform conservative voices, those same elites are crying foul when their own face consequences for crossing the line.
This week, former President Barack Obama emerged from his Martha’s Vineyard estate to complain that the Trump administration has taken cancel culture to a “new and dangerous level.” Why? ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show. Yes, the same Barack Obama who stayed silent when Biden’s team pressured social media companies to censor COVID discussions. The same Obama who said nothing when President Trump was banned from Twitter while still in office. Remember that?
From ‘The Post Millennial’:
“After years of complaining about cancel culture,” Obama said, “the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.”
Obama did not speak up either when Trump was banned from social media platforms as a sitting president.
The Tables Have Turned
Here’s what really happened. Jimmy Kimmel made sick jokes about Charlie Kirk’s assassination—I mean, really? The man was just murdered. Kimmel falsely claimed the killer was part of the “MAGA gang.” Turns out the suspect was actually a far-left extremist with a transgender partner. ABC pulled the show after stations nationwide refused to air it. Not because Trump told them to. Because viewers were disgusted.
Roseanne Barr quickly reminded everyone of Obama’s selective outrage. Get this—Michelle Obama personally called ABC’s president in 2018 to get Roseanne fired. All over a social media post about Obama staffer Valerie Jarrett. And guess who cheered that cancellation at the time? Jimmy Kimmel himself. The Obamas didn’t worry about free speech back then, did they?
Actions Have Consequences
Obama also defended Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah. She got fired after posting that she refused to perform “mourning for a white man that espoused violence.” This was right after Kirk’s murder. She wrote another post claiming America stays violent because people are expected to show “care” for such individuals. Seriously?
These weren’t cases of government censorship. Private companies responded to public outrage over genuinely offensive content. Isn’t that exactly what the left demanded for years? Every time a conservative stepped out of line, they wanted heads to roll. The difference now? It’s their side facing the music.
Think about it. The same voices that celebrated when Alex Jones got deplatformed are upset now. They cheered when Parler got destroyed. They demanded Fox News personalities be fired left and right. But suddenly they’re First Amendment warriors? Please.
They’ve discovered something interesting. That cancel culture machinery they built? It doesn’t care about your political party once the cultural winds shift. Maybe if they’d stood up for real free speech when conservatives were being silenced, they’d have a leg to stand on. Instead, they’re learning the hard way—people who live by cancel culture eventually die by it too.
Key Takeaways
- Obama condemns “cancel culture” only when liberal media faces consequences
- Jimmy Kimmel spread lies about Kirk’s killer being MAGA
- Michelle Obama personally got Roseanne canceled in 2018
- The left built the cancel culture machine they’re now crying about
Sources: The Post Millennial
