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WIRED Roundup: The Right Embraces Cancel Culture

Zoë Schiffer, Manisha Krishnan

created: Sept. 22, 2025, 5:14 p.m. | updated: Sept. 25, 2025, 10:24 a.m.

Coming up after the break, we'll dive into the backlash that some people from graphic designers to high-profile entertainers have received after commenting on Charlie Kirk's death. Manisha, the story that keeps on reverberating this week is that of Charlie Kirk's death. And that really stuck out to me because she has said that Charlie Kirk, he was staunchly anti-trans. And so I think it really does stick out to me because it's almost like, are people expected to perform grief for someone who espoused hateful views towards the community that they're part of, but it almost feels like this really, really hard line that a lot of corporations have taken. Making someone apologize is one thing, but literally disappearing art, canceling an entire series or South Park deciding not to re-air an episode about Charlie Kirk that he himself loved.

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