Want to Save America? Stop Tweeting.

By cancelling people on social media, we are cancelling ourselves

Ben Appel
Ben Appel
Nov 5 · 3 min read
NBC

Comedian Michael Che is receiving backlash this week for jokes he made on Saturday Night Live about reports of a 67-year-old woman giving birth. Offended viewers took to Twitter, labeling Che’s comments ‘sexist’ and ‘ageist’ and calling for his removal from SNL. The controversy comes one week…

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Ben Appel

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Ben Appel

Hairstylist turned writer. Married to a dude. Dad to a cat. Proud survivor of Christian fundamentalism, codependent mothering, and the ’90s.

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