While he’s already railed against what he feels is censorship on social media, Skillet frontman John Cooper had plenty to say about the so-called “cancel culture” on a recent episode of his podcast.
Speaking on his self-penned “Cooper Stuff” podcast, Cooper had this to say: (helpfully translated by Blabbermouth)
“How does that work when Christians are making art, when Christians are making film? How do you make art in a world that wants to cancel you for, maybe, the art that you would make? Now, SKILLET hasn’t been canceled yet, which is wonderful. I hope we don’t get canceled. Could that happen? I don’t know. I didn’t think Dr. Seuss would get canceled.”
“I’m of the feeling that we Christians, and we conservatives… I think we need to begin to spend your money on the things that you believe — buy things from people of like mind,” Cooper continued. “I’m telling you — I never thought that I would be the one saying it. That makes it sound like we want our own little Christian bubble — Christian candy, Christian chicken, Christian barbecue sauce, Christian shoes, Christian music, Christian books… I could go on and on. I never thought that I wanted to live in that bubble, and I do not wanna live in that bubble. But things are changing.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time the Grammy-nominated frontman has railed against “cancel culture”, and it’s not even the first time this year. Earlier this year, Cooper criticized the social media platform Twitter for suspending Donald Trump’s account, stating that it was an attack on freedom of speech. He also railed against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations earlier this month, expressing that he was “happy” to see the governor “bitten by his own complete love of injustice”.
