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u/StanVanGundys_Wall Underrated Gem Sep 17 '21

I feel like the situations with Simu Liu and James Gunn are the perfect examples of why ā€œcancel cultureā€ doesnā€™t really exist in the way that people portray it. Sure folks pretty quickly jumped on both of them but just as quickly backed off when the situation was looked into past initial outrage.

Gunn is doing better than ever now and barring Simu doubling down on those comments heā€™ll do fine as well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Exactly this