Conservatives Finally Find Yet Another Reason to Cancel Netflix

Netflix Discovers That Mocking a Murdered Conservative on the Anniversary of His Assassination Is Apparently Not Great for Customer Retention

Conservatives' latest Netflix boycott didn't exactly come out of leftist field [pardon the pun]. It's the result of years of cultural grievances, political battles, questionable children's programming, and now a social-media post that somehow managed to combine a much-loved murdered conservative activist, a neck wound, and a promotional campaign for a British gangster show.

What could possibly go wrong?

On September 10, 2026, the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Netflix's UK & Ireland account decided it was the perfect time to promote The Gentlemen Season 2 with the caption:

“Nearly did himself a neck injury.”

Charlie [I cannot bring myself to formally calling him Kirk], of course, was shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.

Conservatives on social media responded with the traditional consumer feedback mechanism of the modern age: canceling their subscriptions and posting screenshots to prove they had done it.

Figures including Libs of TikTok, Jack Posobiec, and Rudy Giuliani called for a boycott. I didn't because I was oblivious of the situation at the time since I have a life and don't live on social media.

Netflix, apparently realizing that this was not going to be one of those promotional campaigns where everyone simply shrugs and watches the show, insisted conservatives had gotten the joke completely wrong. Both sides of the aisle apparently have their own scolds who scour the internet to find the latest offense.

Anyway, the company called the interpretation “inaccurate and ludicrous,” explaining that the caption referred to a scene in which a character whips his head around at a wedding.

Which is certainly one explanation.

The post was not taken down.

And while Netflix may have been technically correct about what the caption referred to, the timing turned out to be about as strategically brilliant as announcing a half-price fireworks sale outside a gasoline station. What a pile of dolt bags.

For Charlie's supporters, September 10 was already a painful anniversary. Seeing Netflix use the phrase “neck injury” in a promotional post that landed on that exact date understandably struck many conservatives as another example of a company that simply does not understand why people are angry.

And Then There's the Rest of the Netflix Problem

The funny thing is that conservatives didn't need Netflix to post the “neck injury” line.

They already had a pretty substantial file folder labeled Reasons We Don't Like Netflix.

For years, conservatives have complained about the company's approach to children's programming and LGBTQ themes, in the spirit of a grooming maneuver. 

Critics, including Elon Musk in 2025, pointed to shows such as Dead End: Paranormal Park, The Baby-Sitters Club, and certain CoComelon episodes that include transgender or non-binary characters or themes. One can imagine Veggie Tales' Larry The Cucumber transitioning into a female cucumber named Loretta as this woke nonsense continues.

Loretta [formerly Larry] the Cucumber

Conservative reports have claimed that a significant share of Netflix's G- and Y7-rated programming contains LGBTQ content. 

And so the plot sickens.

Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt brought similar complaints to a February 2026 Senate hearing, describing Netflix's children's programming as “woke” and accusing the company of promoting a “transgender ideology.”

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has rejected the idea that the company has a political agenda, arguing that its enormous catalog simply reflects a wide range of stories.

Because apparently the solution to a culture war is to make approximately 7,000 television shows and then insist nobody should notice any patterns.

Netflix also has a multi-year production deal with Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions, originally signed in 2018.

Susan Rice, a former Obama administration official, sits on Netflix's board of mind controllers.

Conservatives became even more suspicious during the proposed 2025-2026 Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, with some MAGA influencers portraying the deal as “the Obamas taking over media.”

The bid ultimately failed amid political pressure and a competing offer.

But by then, conservatives had already filed the transaction under Things That Somehow Make Netflix Even More Netflixish--say that three times fast on helium.

The Politics Don't Help

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has donated heavily to Democratic causes and candidates.

Critics have also pointed to Netflix's statements following former thug and drug addict George Floyd's death and what they regard as a catalog heavily tilted toward progressive positions on race, gender, family, and other cultural issues.

From the conservative perspective, the problem isn't simply that Netflix has left-wing programming. It's that conservatives believe Netflix has spent years behaving as though there is only one acceptable political worldview and that anyone who disagrees can simply go watch something else. Which, coincidentally, is exactly what millions of people can now do with the press of a button.

Remember Cuties? The 2020 French film generated a massive boycott campaign over its sexualized depiction of young girls. That controversy never completely disappeared from conservative memory.

Apparently Netflix has discovered that people on the internet possess something remarkably dangerous: Screenshots.

Adding another layer to the situation, a Florida attorney general lawsuit filed around the same time as the Kirk anniversary controversy alleges deceptive data collection involving minors.

That case is focused primarily on privacy and advertising rather than the culture-war programming dispute, but it gives conservatives yet another reason to look at Netflix and wonder whether perhaps they would rather spend their $20 somewhere else.

At this point, Netflix may want to consider changing its corporate slogan from “Watch What You Want” to “Please Stop Canceling.” The “neck injury” post didn't create conservative anger toward Netflix, it merely poured gasoline onto a fire that had been burning for years.

For many conservatives, Netflix represents something much larger than a streaming service. It represents a culturally progressive institution that they believe has used entertainment, children's programming, political relationships, and corporate influence to push ideas they reject.

Netflix's response remains essentially the same: We're an entertainment company, not a political organization, and our library contains lots of different stories. 

So cut out the damn wokeness. Every hero in every movie doesn't need to be a person of color, or a woman who, in spite of weighing 100 pounds can beat the snot out of guys twice her size.

Conservatives' response is also essentially the same: That's nice. Here's the unsubscribe button. Buh-byeee.

The only question now is whether Netflix can survive the horrifying consequences of its latest promotional campaign.

Namely, conservatives discovering that canceling a streaming service is considerably easier than canceling cable and that dinner date at your in-laws. [Just kidding.]

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