Cancel culture has been increasingly prevalent on social media in recent years. It’s the idea that a public figure whose comments are deemed or considered offensive should be boycotted. This typically leads to declines in careers, loss of fans, sponsors, supporters and more. KISS frontman Paul Stanley is among those speaking out against cancel culture, saying it often goes too far.
Stanley and KISS bandmate Gene Simmons previously defended actress Gina Carano after she was ousted from hit Disney+ show “The Mandalorian” for controversial social media posts. Carano is a former MMA fighter, and she was dropped for posting her view that being a conservative was like being Jewish in Germany during World War II.
“They should have kept the chick, even though she had different political [views],” Simmons said during a fan Q&A last year when asked if he liked the series. “It’s not about politics; it’s about whether you’re a good actress.” Stanley added: “Look, political views… This whole cancel culture is so dangerous. The idea that people can’t speak their mind. That’s what freedom is all about. And to lose your job because you’ve got something to say — even if I find it offensive — that’s… we’ve gotta look at that. Plus she can kick my *ss.”
Stanley recently spoke out again against cancel culture via Twitter. “Day off and I find myself thinking ‘Cancel Culture’ is more dangerous than what it wants to cancel. Is censorship and silencing people okay if you believe you’re right?? That is a slope we’re already slipping down. You defeat lies with truth, not gags.” Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider has also previously commented on cancel culture. “Now censorship still exists, but it’s gone from the right more to the left,” he told NewsNation’s “Banfield”. “We’re in this P.C. world where we have to be careful about what we say and who we offend, and it’s a very odd thing.”
Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French also weighed in saying: “Cancel culture is not a healthy thing. Cancel culture is not healthy, because it just depends on who decides to do the canceling. So if they like Twisted Sister, we don’t get canceled, we are okay, but if they hate Twisted Sister and they cancel us, it’s not okay, so therefore it’s not okay just to do it randomly. It’s a personal choice. If you don’t wanna buy something by somebody, don’t buy it, but for the media to withhold it is opening up a can of worms that is almost impossible to put back in the jar.”
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