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Meet The Few, The Proud, The Free Speech Heroes of Hollywood

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Terry Crews visits the Build Series to discuss “AGT: Champions” and the NBC Series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at Build Studio on January 22, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
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Entertainers bow in near-unison to Cancel Culture dictates. We see it everywhere, from white actresses quitting voice roles for biracial characters to celebrities denouncing their white privilege in cringe-worthy videos.

When the most popular movie of all time, “Gone with the Wind,” got temporarily pulled from HBO Max, no prominent star spoke in its defense.

No Spielberg, Coppola or Tarantino rose up to say, “enough is enough.”

The atmosphere in La La Land couldn’t be more tense following the rise of Black Lives Matter and the fallout from George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer. Stars probably fear a “problematic” tweet from their past, one long since forgotten, could resurface to wreck both their present and future.

Their concern is justified given the ferocity of the speech police, but it’s hardly the portrait of bravery we often hear from the glitterati, like when Charlize Theron “bravely” gained weight for a film role.

The following figures deserve to be called “brave” … and then some.

Terry Crews

The muscle-bound star of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Idiocracy” is no culture warrior. Or, at least he didn’t start out that way.

Crews simply got dragged into current events – twice. Following Harvey Weinstein’s precipitous downfall, Crews revealed a man had sexually groped him years earlier, and he finally felt comfortable speaking about it.

More recently, Crews dared to suggest BLM’s rhetoric may not be as unassailable as the press insists. The far-left group, he suggested, “must ensure #blacklivesmatter doesn’t morph into #blacklivesbetter.”

That caused a media firestorm, with most outlets presuming Crews had uttered classic “wrongthink.”

The former football star could have apologized and/or cut a large check to BLM to atone for his sins.

He did neither.

Instead, he correctly noted a frightening number of black children have died in the wake of BLM’s ascendance. He also acknowledged the cultural forces lined up against him, and gently told them to pound sand.

“Are all white people bad? No. Are all black people good? No. Knowing this reality – I stand on my decision to unite with good people, no matter the race, creed or ideology. Given the number of threats against this decision – I also decide to die on this hill.”

He offered nuance, positive thoughts and, most of all, didn’t immediately beg for forgiveness like 99 percent of his peers might have done.

Terry Crews arrives for the 72nd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Ritz Carlton on January 25, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

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J.K. Rowling

The mind behind the Harry Potter realm may be the toughest person on this list. Why? Cancel Culture, and the media, have done everything they can to punish her for speaking her mind.

Rowling is both an ardent liberal and full-throated supporter of trans individuals. Still, she stepped off the LGBTQ reservation when she spoke against erasing the concept of sex and questioned elements of the far-left’s platform on trans issues.

For that she was assaulted in the press, mocked by peers like Stephen King and denounced by the very stars she made famous, including Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe.

This week she doubled down on her views via a lengthy series of Tweets. She’s not backing down, even after news outlets reach out to her publisher and film studio contacts to see if they’ll be canceling her officially next.

It’s a not too subtle pressure campaign, but so far it’s not working.

J.K Rowling attends the UK Premiere of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald" at Cineworld Leicester Square on November 13, 2018 in London, England.

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Adam Carolla

Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel bonded years ago and, by all accounts, remain the best of chums. Kimmel followed a more traditional path and found fame via “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Carolla, in turn, failed to duplicate Howard Stern’s radio fame and found himself out of a terrestrial radio gig in 2009 following a format flip.

Then Carolla channeled his inner entrepreneur.

He created “The Adam Carolla Show” podcast and blazed his own trail. In the process he created what he calls his “pirate ship,” a company immune to the PC Police or, later, Cancel Culture.

Only Carolla can fire himself.

The Libertarian-leaning comic essentially gave that crowd the finger via this summer’s “I’m Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke” culture. The hilarious book starts with a disclaimer-slash-promise. No apologizing for jokes. Ever.

Cancel Culture knows not to knock on his door.

Adam Carolla performs onstage at the International Myeloma Foundation 13th Annual Comedy Celebration at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 17, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for International Myeloma Foundation)

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Ricky Gervais

The British comic’s take-no-prisoners approach isn’t new. He’s been slaying and flaying his targets for some time, but he’s grown bolder in recent years.

We all know why. He takes extra pleasure angering the PC scolds, and it’s infectious.

Earlier this year he torched woke Hollywood at the Golden Globes, and he’s regularly rejecting calls to censor his stand-up. He broke down why Cancel Culture exists and its true purpose. during an illuminating podcast chat.

He also refused to budge during a woke Hollywood Reporter roundtable most recently, when far-left comic Kumail Nunjani worried his comedy would embolden hate.

n this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal Media, LLC, host Ricky Gervais speaks onstage during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Anthony Cumia/Dave Landau

The duo’s very existence on a platform Cumia created warrants their inclusion on this list. It doesn’t end there, though.

Cumia, repeatedly fired from terrestrial and satellite radio for his brash antics, finally had enough in 2014. He created his own “pirate ship,” to paraphrase Carolla, letting his fans directly access his material sans middle men on what he later dubbed Compound Media.

The result? The kind of unexpurgated comedy that once was the norm. Anything goes, with Cumia and Landau embracing the notion that jokes are just that – jokes. The duo treats “The Anthony Cumia Show” like a comedy workshop, riffing through ideas that are often as funny as they are tasteless.

Don’t like that brand of humor? No one is forcing you to sign up. Ain’t that America?

Their uncensored commentary on the relentless riots, in particularly, offer a tonic to those aghast at the corporate media’s gaslighting on the matter.

Anthony Cumia at Carolines On Broadway on April 17, 2014 in New York City.

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Dean Cain

The erstwhile Superman uses social media to share uplifting messages, chat with fans and, occasionally, share his right-of-center views.

He did more than that recently. During a Fox News appearance Cain slammed Cancel Culture and worried he wouldn’t be able to say, “Truth, justice and the American way” if he played the Man of Steel now.

He’s right, of course. The 2006 film “Superman Returns” stripped “American way” out of that iconic phrase 14 years ago.

Honorable Mention: Actors Nick Searcy and James Woods routinely stand up to the PC police no matter the cultural conditions.

More from Christian Toto: Shouldn’t ‘Hamilton’ Get Canceled Next?

Executive producer Dean Cain attends the premiere of 'Architects Of Denial' at Taglyan Complex on October 3, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tara Ziemba/Getty Images)

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