Earlier this week, there was segment on Fox News where they called upon Generation X to put an end to cancel culture.
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?"
Correspondent Gillian Turner introduced the segment by saying, "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?"
Generation X's response to this was basically:
Here are some of the funniest — and sometimes thought-provoking — responses from Gen X'ers on Twitter:
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@justinbaragona Y’all know we already got canceled ourselves right?
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TFW when Fox News implores Gen X to save the culture
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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*
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Gen X saving America is funny, we can't even save for retirement
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Gen X: “Wait...what? Leave us out of this bullshit.”
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I am a Gen X. I grew up in North Carolina where there was a smoking section in my high school, Jesse Helms was normalized, depression was “being in a bad mood”, and I showered in Drakkar. I want better for my kids. Cancel those shitty days.
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If there’s one thing Gen X loves, it’s being told who they are and what they should do
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“Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as cancel culture.” — #GenX #Slacker2021
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please leave gen x out of whatever it is you're fighting about we're over here listening to radiohead not bothering anyone and also if u push us we're probably on gen z's side
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Stop trying to make Gen X care about things.
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Gen X? You mean the people who already lived through this bullshit in the early 1990s when it was called "political correctness" and saw through it then too? https://t.co/KlMEUUxyDZ
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@justinbaragona Oh ffs. I'm Gen X. Fox News and Facebook did to my Dad what he said MTV and Nintendo would do to me.
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Boomers asking Gen X to save them from cancellation
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Apparently Gen X are supposed to stop "cancel culture". You mean like when you tried to ban our music, movies and video games? You get what you deserve dick heads. #GenX
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@justinbaragona Pretty sure GenX is not gonna swoop in and save racism.
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Gen X hates whiny ass babies. We were latchkey kids whose parents smoked in the car. Cry us a river about some old Seuss book. https://t.co/rfgYJwJFrn
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@NickWillGarcia @justinbaragona I don't think Fox is familiar with Gen X.
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Fox News: We need Gen X to save us from cancel culture. Gen X: