Tulsi Gabbard: ‘You See The Final Expression Of Cancel Culture In Islamist Terrorist Groups Like ISIS, Al-Qaeda’
Former Democratic lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard slammed those engaging in “cancel culture,” comparing them to Islamist terrorists with the similarity of both wanting to silence ideologies that are a threat to them.
In an interview with Fox News Primetime this week, the ex Hawaii representative called for freedom of thought as she warned that this culture masks itself at first to be something almost trivial — but is an actual threat to the very idea of democracy and freedom of speech in America.
“When you look at the foundation of our democracy, it is based on this ideal, this principle of freedom, freedom of speech, freedom for every single one of us to be able to share our ideas and debate them, to argue them, to agree or to disagree, to pick and choose in this marketplace of ideas, those that we deem to be right or wrong to be superior or inferior and even for those ideas that may be misleading or dangerous, that in this free marketplace,” Gabbard told host Trey Gowdy.
“Cancel culture is the opposite of this, it is exactly the opposite of this foundational principle of our democracy. It means that in a cancel culture, you have some people who believe that they are special, that they are superior, that they have the power to be able to shut down those who have ideas and views that are different, who may follow a path that they deem to be the wrong path and will therefore say, ‘No, we’re going to place obstacles in front of you, we’re going to silence certain voices, so that only those who agree with us and the path that we deem to be right as the one that is before you to choose.’”
Gabbard, who was known for her unorthodox positions and conflicting views with progressive Democrats, noted that cancel culture also restricts the enshrined right of every American to air their sentiments, the “ability to debate them, and respectfully come out the other end agreeing or disagreeing” — and said that this growing phenomenon also prompts disregard for respecting others’ freedom.
“Let’s look down the path and say, ‘Okay, well, where does this cancel culture lead us?’ You see the final expression of cancel culture in Islamist terrorist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda who basically go and behead those who … they deem to be infidels or heretics in order to silence them in order to protect others from being misled by those heretical ideas and in the eyes of an ISIS or Al Qaeda,” Gabbard, a former Democratic presidential primary candidate, added.
“So when we look at cancel culture here at home, we see those efforts to cancel or silence those that … they don’t want the people to hear from, those who may offer a different idea than the one that those in power want people to see or to hear, or to be exposed to,” she continued.
“And so this is, when we look at the foundations of our democracy, this is the danger of where this path leads us. Unless we as individuals stand up against it,” Gabbard concluded.
Full Clip below of Tulsi Gabbard’s interview on Fox News Primtime
https://youtu.be/rDx-nzxGjTI?t=260
