>It's not a conspiracy "to drive a political wedge", but a description using the movement's own jargon. There isn't a conspiracy being suggested. The use of th

>It's not a conspiracy "to drive a political wedge", but a description using the movement's own jargon. There isn't a conspiracy being suggested. The use of this term was heavily promoted last year by certain people and news outlets towards a certain demographic. In other words, the meme took off and became viral: https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-cancel-culture-tucker-carlson-gutfeld-new-show-2021-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-cancel-culture-tuck... Further polling data illustrates the effect of this, where views on the term are split among party lines: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/17/how-americans-feel-about-cancel-culture-and-offensive-speech-in-6-charts/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/17/how-america...