Every Piece I've Written on Cancel Culture

 

Back in the day, I was just a happy-go-lucky liberal. However, while I still vote democrat at every opportunity and have even campaigned for the Democrats, I have faced a dogmatic form of nastiness by people who claim they are acting for the marginalized while often glorifying themselves.

The dark sides of intersectional activism, dogmatism, the transitive nature of wokeness are things I write about and I try to find a balance between the right and left modes of thought in those pursuits and show there's nothing particularly anti-progressive about questioning excessive wokeness.


TV Fanatic:
Do the Recent Blackface and Voiceover Controversies Mean We Should Restrict Art?
https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/07/do-the-recent-blackface-and-voiceover-controversies-mean-we-shou/

The Federalist:
1. How The Media Uses Twitter To Exacerbate Cancel Culture (thefederalist.com)
2. We Won’t Solve Racism By Blacklisting Liam Neeson (thefederalist.com)
3. Film Critics' Wokeness Is Reinstituting A Moral Code For Movies (thefederalist.com)
4. High-Profile Films Show How To Bravely Discuss Race In 2018 (thefederalist.com)This film responds to the allegations that the "safe film" made by a white film maker and criticized for being politically incorrect, "Green Book", was any less daring than the politically correct films that stick to the types of narratives that "progressive" film critics champion

American Conservative:
Film Criticism's Identity Crisis
Film Criticism’s Identity Crisis | The American Conservative


Self-Published on Medium:
1. Media's Role in Discouraging Discourse
The Current State of Discourse is Through Indirect Media Sniping | by Orrin Konheim | Jul, 2021 | Medium

2. My take on the Recent Critical Race Theory in Schools
Medium

3. Looking at the Bias of the AV Club Newswire over a Single Week
https://orrinkonheim.medium.com/av-club-news-wire-proves-it-cant-be-trusted-yet-again-with-a-slam-on-ellen-degeneres-694c3a98210a

4. Oscars in the Age of the Asterisk
Oscars in the Age of the Asterisk | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

5. The Dr. Seuss Controversy: The Problem with Private Corporations Can Self-Censor Argument
The Problem with the “Private Corporations Can Self-Censor if They Want” Argument | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

6. If Cancel Culture Doesn't Stick, Neither do Microaggressions
OK, so cancel culture doesn’t stick, but neither do microaggressions | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

7. There is no Acceptable Reason to Deny Curt Schilling a Hall of Fame Slot
There is no acceptable reason to deny Curt Schilling a Hall of Fame | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

8. Does Cancel Culture Really Hold People Accountable?
Cancel Culture Holds People Accountable. Isn’t that Good? (Hint: No) | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

9. Is Hollywood really that Anti-Black of an Institution?
Is an anti-black Hollywood a myth? | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

10. My Open Letter to the Falls Church School Board Against Changing the Names of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson High Schools:
Why I Vote to Keep Thomas Jefferson and George Mason as School Names | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

11. What Identity Politics Misses: It's Not an Absolute
What identity politics misses: It’s not an absolute | by Orrin Konheim | Medium

12. If You Really Want to Call the Movie "Soul" Racist, Fine, It's Racist. Now What?
If you really want Soul to be racist, fine, it’s racist | by Orrin Konheim | Medium