Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago

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~Disclaimer: My sampling of outside media in this video constitutes as Fair Use under section 107 of the US Copyright Law, for the purpose of criticism and commentary, which thus invalidates my usage as copyright infringement.~

While I don’t view it as “cancel culture”, and while I can acknowledge instances where it can be a valid observation to point out, I explain in this video how the argument that a piece of work “hasn’t aged well” or “doesn’t hold up” can be contradictory to why it exists, since the primary purpose of music, film, TV shows, etc. is entertainment. Along with discussing the purpose of art and why we enjoy it, we also talk about storytelling, how comedy works, seeing value in a work that contrasts what the artist thinks about it, and what propaganda is.

[Articles]
“Iced Earth Guitarist Jon Schaffer Photographed Storming the US Capitol Building During Pro-Trump Riot": bit.ly/3lZmYJ0
Archive of Fantano hitpiece: https://archive.fo/pH4gr
"Disney Sever Ties With YouTube Star PewDiePie After Anti-Semitic Posts": on.wsj.com/2XFo6bj
Appeal to Novelty: bit.ly/3AY9Wj4
“Is Disney’s Pocahontas Historically Accurate? Hint: No": bit.ly/3C3bJoj
“Why ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Keeps Getting Banned": bit.ly/3G6tEg6
Slippery Slope: bit.ly/2Z50PzM
“HBO Max Will Not Include These 5 Banned South Park Episodes": bit.ly/3jj2mtm
“South Park Scrubbed From Chinese Internet After Critical Episode": bit.ly/3pjtPyJ
“Senses Fail Announce Re-imagined EP, Debut ‘Bastard Son’ Music Video": bit.ly/3aWbE9W
“Handguns and Second Chances" lyrics: bit.ly/3Ed9T59
“Why Paramore Are Retiring ‘Misery Business’ From Their Live Show": bit.ly/3aV13fC
“Misery Business" lyrics: bit.ly/2Z7KESs
“Frankie Palmeri on Past Emmure Lyrics: ‘I Reject the Person I Was'": bit.ly/3vt4Ytq
“Metal's Problem With Women Is Not Going Away Anytime Soon": bit.ly/3AWtB2P
“Slash Talks ‘80s Versus MeToo Era: Some GNR Songs Were ’Sort of Sexist’, But Never ‘Malicious'": https://yhoo.it/3vqqSO4
“Rocket Queen” lyrics: bit.ly/3aRV8rt
“It’s So Easy” lyrics: bit.ly/3AYYJ1B
“Used to Love Her” lyrics: bit.ly/3nerq5Z
“One in a Million” lyrics: bit.ly/3jh9036
“Deftones Guitarist Stephen Carpenter Outs Himself as a Flat-Earther": bit.ly/2Z2OM63
“A Day to Remember’s Josh Woodard Leaves Band After ‘False Allegations’ Resurface": bit.ly/3ncvJ1r
“Drake Bell Breaks Silence After Pleading Guilty to Felony Child Endangerment": bit.ly/2ZcjPg3

[Videos referenced]
“Word Analysis: The Misconceptions of Cancel Culture": bit.ly/2XsnJAE
“Every Disney Renaissance Movie Ranked” by Schaffrillas Productions: bit.ly/3lZzSX6
“Why the Past Matters” by The Critical Drinker: bit.ly/2ZbjKJI
“Top 10 Rock TV Theme Songs": bit.ly/3jkrfon
Alpha Jay Show video the Arlene Klasky interview clip comes from: bit.ly/3BU65ot
“Crybabies of Rock: Satchel’s 'Pussy Melter' TonePrint Gets ‘Melted' Over Its Name": bit.ly/3C22MLX
“Debunking the ‘Metal is Sexist Theory” w/ OfficialGATG: bit.ly/3ne50BA
“The ‘Don’t Like, Don’t Watch/Listen’ Argument Can Be Valid - Here’s How!": bit.ly/3aQZZJL
“The Fader Response” by TheNeedleDrop: bit.ly/3vv9fgb

(Description is too long with all of the "clips sampled" links, so I only have specific YouTube videos I reference linked. If you want to know what a specific clip you see is, feel free to ask. I might be writing my descriptions this way going forward.)

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