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Feb 19, 2023 50 min

Cancel Culture

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Revoking support or a platform from someone who is perceived to have behaved badly has recently been dubbed “cancel culture.” Many complain that this pervasive practice promotes mob mentality and stifles free speech. But is “cancel culture” a real phenomenon, or has it become an overused and meaningless concept? Is publicly censuring others for something they’ve done or said itself a form of free speech? And is there a moral difference between “canceling” public figures and “canceling” ordinary folks who get caught on tape behaving badly? Josh and Ray provide a platform to Adrian Daub from Stanford University, author of The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global.

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