Hannity’s tweet cryptically read “Soap next?” — but that was an allusion to the talk show host and disinformation purveyor’s focus on purportedly “canceled” toys, books, and products. In general, March 2021 involved a lot of bad faith lamentations and weaponized disinformation about “cancel culture,” including claims that the following have been targeted for cancellation:
Mr. Potato Head (purportedly made “gender neutral” due to offended people);
Dr. Seuss (supposedly “canceled” by President Biden himself over racially insensitive content in six specific books), and;
Peter Pan,
Dumbo).
Hannity published two tweets on March 9 2021 expressing offense at what he claimed was the “canceling” or “purging” of titles from Disney+. It follows that, “Soap next?” meant, to him, that after the “cancelations” of Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, and Disney classics in such a short span, the inclusivity brigade was subsequently coming for everybody’s bars of soap and