Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Cancel Culture. Incredibly, the Harper's letter spawned a bunch of people saying that there is no such thing as cancel culture. As Steven Pinker has argued, cancel culture has parallels with the Chinese cultural revolution and the European witch hunts.

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I really like the topmost comment on the article:

"As to the ridiculous notion that Cancel Culture isn’t a problem, I am reminded of Jefferson (before he was canceled):

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

[...] The downstream effects of Cancel Culture are far more serious than its proponents, who cancel a history they never learned, can fathom."

There's a whole point to be made about the wokies acting as if it's not their moral responsibility to secure a de facto freedom of speech for their fellow citizens. What's that famous summary of Voltaire's philosophy again....?

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it - just say it somewhere else, where literally no one can hear you, and also we're gonna get you fired"?