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  • 2021-03-04 (xsd:date)
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  • Tom Norton, ‘The Republican Party in Two Tweets’ – Truth or Fiction? (en)
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  • Tom Norton, ‘The Republican Party in Two Tweets’ Claim Former Michigan congressional candidate Tom Norton published seemingly contradictory cancel culture tweets, just 22 hours apart. Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting One of the most popular Imgur posts on March 4 2021 involved a screenshot of three tweets, two of which were from Michigan Republican Tom Norton, pertaining to cancel culture in general: Why some Americans allow these nuts to form a government is beyond me Imgur user Mech0T1 shared two screenshots of tweets by the same user — Tom Norton (@ForNorton), shared by Matt McDermott (@mattmfm): The Republican Party, in two tweets. pic.twitter.com/TBodJ1Zk20 Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) March 4, 2021 McDermott described Norton’s commentary as the Republican Party in two tweets. The selected tweets had to do with two separate points of discourse on social media as a whole. In the first, Norton purportedly stated that the government could not take his Goya Beans, Mr. Potato Head, or his Dr. Seuss books (or his AR-15). The second and third items on the list — Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss books — referenced March 2021 claims that both had been canceled: No, Mr. Potato Head Is Not Gender Neutral Now Did the Biden Administration Censor, Cancel, or Ban Dr. Seuss Books Due to Racist Content? Norton’s first tweet concluded with Enough cancel culture, presumably vocalizing his opposition to persons, places, or things being canceled (even though both of our pages linked above addressed those exact misconceptions about those specific canceled things.) In the second tweet, Norton was quoted as saying Boycott Target, a statement which appeared to be advocating for cancel culture to target Target next. Norton published the first tweet at 7:51 PM on March 2 2021, asserting he’d eat green eggs and ham on Christmas in [his] pickup truck if he so chose (although we are unaware of any legitimate efforts to cancel either pickup trucks or Christmas): The government cannot take my Goya Beans, my Mr. Potato Head, my Dr. Seuss books or my AR-15. Come and take it. This is America. I’ll eat my green eggs and ham on Christmas in my pickup truck if I want to. Enough cancel culture. — Tom Norton For Congress (MI-03) (@ForNorton) March 3, 2021 At 5:54 PM on March 3 2021 (less than 24 hours after canceling cancel culture), Norton indeed tweeted Boycott Target: Boycott Target. https://t.co/j5ZbOjcs9Y — Tom Norton For Congress (MI-03) (@ForNorton) March 3, 2021 In that second tweet, Norton retweeted a statement from disinformation purveyor Matt Couch indicating that Target would continue requiring masks in stores due to the pandemic, regardless of state public health protocols. Both tweets were real, unaltered, accurately described, and appeared roughly 22 hours apart. In keeping with the perceived conflicting viewpoints, Norton subsequently tweeted at least twice to clarify his position — with two different explanations. In the first tweet, Norton maintained he was not a fan of cancel culture, but so far democrats have made it work to turn businesses and media against conservatives, necessitating he Fight fire with fire: I’m not a fan of cancel culture, but so far democrats have made it work to turn businesses and media against conservatives. Therefore boycotting businesses that are funding liberals, has become the best route moving forward. Fight fire with fire. — Tom Norton For Congress (MI-03) (@ForNorton) March 4, 2021 In short, Norton first claimed that he didn’t approve of cancel culture, adding that it was a necessary evil for businesses that are funding liberals. It was not precisely clear how Target’s mask policy was funding liberals, but Norton espoused an if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em stance at first. Five hours later, Norton insisted that boycotts were nothing like cancel culture, describing a boycott as a personal choice, versus removing something from society: Cancel culture is removing something from society, boycotting is a personal choice. That is the difference. https://t.co/7UT0PiPAYG — Tom Norton For Congress (MI-03) (@ForNorton) March 4, 2021 It didn’t take very long for the pair of Norton’s tweets lamenting cancel culture and also calling for a boycott of Target to being spreading as screenshots; both tweets were real and unedited. Norton later maintained that it was time to weaponize cancel culture against liberals and fight fire with fire, subsequently claiming boycotts and cancel culture were completely different things. Posted in Fact Checks , Politics Tagged boycott , cancel culture , imgur , mr potato head , seuss canceled , target , tom norton michigan , viral tweets (en)
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