Criticism aimed at a new advertising campaign from the RSA has been branded as “cancel culture in motion” by Ciara Kelly.
Widespread criticism of the RSA ’s new online road safety campaign is an example of “ cancel culture in motion,” Ciara Kelly has warned.
The video, which shows a young man being carried to various destinations by his friends and parents, has been criticised as ‘ableist’ and insensitive by campaign groups and disability activists.Meanwhile, Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan labelled the video “ableist, offensive, car-brain nonsense,” and called for the RSA to be disbanded.
“I get the arguments, but it reminds me of Twitter in 2020 - consumed with outrage, consumed with pile-ons, consumed with, ‘We have to stop this, we have to put an end to that, we have to take down the other,’” she said.“I hate cancel culture. I hate the sanctimony of it. I hate the viciousness of it and I don't really buy it.“I get the ableist argument but I still think there's probably validity in the ad,” she said.
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