Of the GOP’s never-ending list of grievances, which is longer than even the receipts given out at CVS, cancel culture is at the top. Republicans love to complain about how “the left” is trying to cancel anything and everything. Politicians like Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Ohio congressman Jim Jordan spend more time bashing liberals for cancelling them than doing actual legislating.

But what they won’t tell you is that, to the majority of Americans, cancel culture isn’t a big deal. And they won’t ever tell you that, because to Republicans, the myth of cancel culture helps them continue to stoke the culture wars the party thrives on.