Fox News tried to enlist Generation X into its manufactured “cancel culture” war on Monday.
It didn’t go well.
Over the weekend, author Matthew Hennessey wrote a column in the New York Post calling on Generation X “to fight the cancel culture” that has become a constant right-wing talking point, especially on Fox News.
Senator Ted Cruz shared a link to the story, and naturally, Fox News picked up the cause with a direct appeal to Gen X:
Fox News correspondent Gillian Turner: "Cancel culture is spreading like wildfire. There is a call for Generation X to lead the charge to save America from the social media mob. Can they do it?" pic.twitter.com/zxmxkppQ3i
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) March 15, 2021
Many Gen Xers were quick to point out that the prime Fox News demographic today were the “adults” of the 1970s and ’80s who attempted to restrict or ban everything from rap and heavy metal music to video games to Dungeons and Dragons.
That, combined with the generation’s proud indifference, led to a swift reply on social media suggesting that Gen X is sending the Fox News call straight to voicemail:
Gen X is trending because Fox News thinks we are the ones who can kill cancel culture.
*laughs in 2 Live Crew, NWA and Sinead O'Connor*
— monique, who is openly Black (@thejournalista) March 15, 2021
The Gen X discourse on here is so lame. We do not want to be talked about. I hate myself for even writing this tweet. Please leave us alone.
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) March 16, 2021
Throw me the health care, I’ll throw you the Mr. Potato Head. https://t.co/BQBId6N7Lt
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 15, 2021
If there’s one thing Gen X loves, it’s being told who they are and what they should do
— Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) March 15, 2021
Hilarious notion that Gen X would assist the scolds that told us what to watch, read and listen to. Blow on the cartridge, boomers. pic.twitter.com/vnzrL2a9sL
— Gerry Duggan (@GerryDuggan) March 15, 2021
The gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally fill, all the vermin will drown.
All the white supremacists and sexual predators will look up and shout 'SAVE US!'…and Gen X will look down and whisper “No.” https://t.co/jzDT2KNUaUpic.twitter.com/PNtVLfowU8
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) March 15, 2021
Boomers: Gen X can save us! Gen X, please tell the kids to stop cancelling things, they're ruining YOUR childhoods too!
Gen X: pic.twitter.com/fiokLRYqpP
— Angela ☠ 📜 (@bitchyhistory) March 15, 2021
Sorry but generation x grew up listening to our stepdads rail against political correctness while calling Sinead O’Connor a bitch and trying to ban rap so we’re kinda over this shit https://t.co/8oRBd1uOSN
— Lauren Hough (@laurenthehough) March 15, 2021
Boomers asking Gen X to save them from cancellation pic.twitter.com/JKtgEglGMr
— Jimmy D (@Jimmystardust79) March 15, 2021
As a Gen Xer: lololol, no. I'm not going to save America from a fictional panic the right keeps peddling because they want to say bigoted things without consequence. https://t.co/uhtcX6QIvZ
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) March 15, 2021
I never do this but…Dungeons and Dragons. Horror movies. Twisted Sister. The entire genre of rap. Boomers tried to "cancel" a shit ton of stuff when I was a kid. Why…as a self-respecting Gen Xer, should I care what you think about Cancel Culture? https://t.co/UXWc2rcnuZ
— Drew Edwards (@halloweenmancom) March 15, 2021
