Then, even started to have exactly where and how I was going to do it, to try to make it look like an accident. It had no exclusions for suicide and I started contemplating that for a few weeks. It was a million-dollar life insurance policy. I tried to figure out, how am I going to come back here?'" said Smith. "It was a year after the Chick-fil-A video and been canceled or publicly shamed, and I still couldn't get a job. A fourth job offer was lost in a similar way. A third job offer was rescinded despite Smith disclosing the video up front. "We had some 401(k) money for retirement that we were going to have to use and we started using that."Ī few months after he was fired, he landed another job - but lost it as soon as the company became aware of the video. My wife and I decided that it was time to move out of the house and let it go," Smith recalled. I couldn't make my mortgage payment at that point. "As soon as I was fired, I lost the million dollars of stock that I was awarded. Smith was "canceled" before that terminology existed. His employer received bomb and death threats and fired Smith for posting it. As supporters lined up to order from Chick-fil-A in a show of solidarity with Cathy, protesters decided to do the opposite - order nothing but free cups of water and voice their disagreement to the employees.Īfter uploading the video to YouTube, it went viral overnight. Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee called for a Chick fil-A Appreciation Day because he was "incensed at the vitriolic assaults" against the fast-food chain after Cathy's remarks. Chick-fil-A's president at the time, Dan Cathy, spoke out against gay marriage and a fierce backlash ensued. Adam Smith Adam Smith lost his job after posting a YouTube video of himself protesting at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru. Politicians, celebrities, CEOs, athletes, media executives - even knitting influencers have experienced getting "canceled." Here are the stories of three everyday people who ended up on one side or the other of a "cancel" controversy. In this politically divided and social-media-driven age, "cancel culture" has touched nearly every part of American public life. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Speaking Frankly: Cancel Culture," in the video player above.
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