It’s not every day you see someone defending cancel culture who had already been cancelled before, but that’s what Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn just did in support of the decision to remove scenes featuring cartoon character Pepe Le Pew from the upcoming Space Jam film .
In a twitter thread, James went off about the negative reaction to this news.
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James began by saying people complaining about the character had every right to express their opinion.
“Stop calling everything “cancel culture” because you’re too dim to have a nuanced opinion. People can be offended by something, or think something sucks, and that’s not “cancel culture” – it’s free speech,” he tweeted .
“To all of those writing me about the times people get unfairly attacked – yes, that sucks!” he went on.
“But that doesn’t mean every time someone is offended by something it’s “cancel culture.” Calling EVERYTHING that is a knee-jerk response that destroys your point,” James said .
“I don’t think there are many people here, on the left or the right, who think Harvey Weinstein shouldn’t have been “cancelled” for what he did,” he added .
“Likewise, these are all nuanced conversations.”
“I think most Latin people love Speedy Gonzalez, which is a pretty good argument that he shouldn’t be “canceled”. But Pepe le Pew, to me at least, is offensive because of the way he treats that cat,” James added .
James also referenced the controversy surrounding six Dr. Seuss books no longer being published due to racist imagery.
“And a book publisher deciding not to publish some books because some of the images in them are hurtful to minorities, is not cancel culture. That’s THEIR free speech at work,” James went on .
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