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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[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's whataboutism. Do you know what whataboutism is?

[–]Nelumbo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

do you think right wingers are unable to cancel things?

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Whataboutism is distracting from a topic that the speaker would rather not talk about by accusing the other side of some irrelevant offense.

The overwhelming calls for censorship today are coming from the left. Free speech is not a left-wing value. It is regarded as only something ever used by racists.