Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:15PM
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> Not to put words in OP’s mouth, but I think they were using “cancel” descriptively, not pejoratively.
If that was the intent, it was a pretty big mistake to use “before he got cancelled” instead of “before the show got cancelled”. The former construct in modern usage is pretty exclusively used for pejorative references to actions attributed to “cancel culture”.
If that was the intent, it was a pretty big mistake to use “before he got cancelled” instead of “before the show got cancelled”. The former construct in modern usage is pretty exclusively used for pejorative references to actions attributed to “cancel culture”.