The Friday Link for 5/24/24

Howdy all! I hope you all have a nice Memorial Day Weekend.

I want to start off this week with an instant classic Jon Stewart rant from The Daily Show last Monday.  He takes on the LAUGHABLE argument there is an actual Cancel Culture.

People being critical of someone saying something stupid, or ignorant, or racist, or bigoted, or misogynistic is NOT Cancel Culture.  It's called Freedom of Speech.  Too many people present Freedom of Speech as meaning freedom from criticism.  Freedom of Speech protects the speaker as well as the person(s) critical of the speaker.  They know this, so as a way to dismiss and negate legit criticism, they insist the person being critical is engaging in "Cancel Culture."

Do you know how you can tell "Cancel Culture" is a non-existent myth? When a TV show was Cancelled, they didn't come back with another two seasons of them screaming "We've been canceled!"  Nope, the show was done and that was the end of that.  The people who scream Cancel Culture is silencing them NEVER STOP SCREAMING THEIR IGNORANCE. They feign vindication to seem like they've stood up to some mythical mob and survived, yet keep screaming they're being silenced.

When you think about it, it really is stupid.

Jon Stewart did a magnificent job calling it out.  In the end, he does point out the one true Cancel Culture group out there, Republicans who will cancel you in a heartbeat if you dare talk ill will of their true God, Trump.  Enjoy! 

Also this week is the annual tradition of ending Saturday Night Live's last episode of the season Weekend Update with Colin and Micheal agreeing to read jokes the other person has written for them, that they have not seen.  It gets pretty ugly.  Remind yourself that they're trying to get the other person to say insanely offensive jokes. 

Finally tonight Cowboy Kent Rollins takes us back to the Great Depression for a recipe for Hoover Stew! I remember eating Hoover stew back in the early 70's.  Made right it can be quite tasty! 

I hope you have a nice weekend.  Happy Memorial Day. 

Please make sure you stay up to date on all your vaccines!