What we’re about
Welcome to “Cancelling Cancel Culture.” This will be a Meetup group for those of us who are worn out by "wokeness" and the rapid rise of a new anti-scientific and anti-common sense orthodoxy. Until recently we were the Jordan Peterson Meetup Group, and of course JP himself was almost cancelled by his university colleagues, not because he was bad at his job, but because he held the “wrong opinions” and spoke out against enforced speech laws in Canada.
Have you yourself been cancelled or shut down because of your views, or have you found yourself censoring your own speech to avoid conflict, even with friends and family? …and not extreme views, but widely held and perfectly acceptable views until very recently? Do you hear news stories like how 4-year-olds in Scotland can now self-identify as a different gender, and wonder if you are in an episode of "The Twilight Zone" or have woken up in an alternate reality? Have you been asked to give your personal pronouns and found yourself squirming? Are you old enough to remember when there were only two genders? (By the way, this is not to demean anyone who is struggling with gender dysphoria).
We are not anti-anyone… we are Pro-Science, Pro-Truth, Pro-Common Sense! We want everyone to live their best life… but that doesn’t mean we have to abandon free speech and free thought.
Our goals:
To be an open forum to discuss ways of fighting back and reclaiming freedom of speech and freedom of thought.
To meet like-minded folk and make new friends.
To end the fear of speaking your mind.
Please join us and come speak your mind without fear of being cancelled!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- NOT DEAD YET - Is Woke (aka Cultural Marxism) still a Thing?The Briton's Protection, Manchester
Since Donald Trump's election victory, many people have been predicting that Cultural Marxism -- sometimes referred to as "Woke," is dead. The resounding democratic rejection of it in the United States, as well as ever increasing anger with the Labour Party here in the UK, certainly shows a powerful political pushback against it.
For our August meetup, our guest speaker, Jenny Holland, will address the reasons why it is far from dead, as it has taken root in many institutions, and in the hearts and minds of some of our families, friends and neighbours, to where now, truth and common sense have gotten completely lost, and she will offer some solutions to our current situation.
Jenny Holland is an Irish-American writer based in Belfast. She spent several years working in mainstream media in the US, including three years at the New York Times. She now writes the very entertaining Substack, "Saving Culture (from itself)" https://jennyeholland.substack.com/, is a frequent contributor to Spiked, and has written for The Critic, Spectator US and Feminist Current. She has spoken at the Battle of Ideas Festival and at Free Speech Union events, and contributes to The Solid Ground weekly livestream on Youtube.
Join CCC Manchester for stimulating and fresh conversation and debate! We’re a friendly, welcoming bunch, and many folks even choose to stay well past 4pm to continue the discussion! Grab a drink at the bar and come upstairs for some lively, open and honest chat. All good faith opinions are welcomed and respected. We don't charge for our events but we do ask for a small cash donation on arrival to help pay for expenses.
