E31: E31: Nick Gillespie on what Nicki Minaj's politics and Allen Ginsberg tell us about Cancel Culture

Why are some people targeted by Cancel Culture and others are ignored? Will free speech and opinion ever be able to exist peacefully on the internet?On the latest episode of "Right Now with Stephen Kent," Stephen sits down with Gothix and Nick Gillespie of Reason magazine to discuss why some people become prime targets for Cancel Culture; the ongoing battle for free speech on social media and across the internet; what the public reception of Allen Ginsberg's famed "Howl" reveals about censorship today; and if and how we can actually triumph over Cancel Culture and attacks on free thought.Subscribe to Rightly and catch more details about the episode below. Make sure to sign up for Unfettered, our new newsletter, available now. Newsletter signup: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rightlyaj/issues/right-now-unfettered-9-17-21-769625 ---- Content of This Episode ---- 00:00 Episode Start 00:15 Nick Gillespie’s cancel story (it’s a short one) 03:20 Three levels of cancellation 07:00 Parallels with China’s struggle sessions 08:45 About that Nicki Minaj tweet 10:15 A perpetual state of exception 16:15 Gothix on changes to internet behavior 18:20 Exit, voice or loyalty 21:37 Companies applying the wrong fix 30:00 Free speech ground rules amid platform proliferation 36:45 Partisan divide over restricting misinformation 39:24 We have some solutions 47:51 Good news on coffee, pharmaceuticals and school ---- Reading List ---- "Self-Cancellation, Deplatforming, and Censorship" (Nick Gillespie for Reason) https://reason.com/2021/09/07/self-cancellation-deplatforming-and-censorship/ "Partisan divisions have widened over role of government, tech firms in restricting misinformation" (Pew Research Center) https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/18/more-americans-now-say-government-should-take-steps-to-restrict-false-information-online-than-in-2018/ft_21-08-16_techgovtmisinfo_2/"Priyanka Chopra Jonas on 'The Activist': 'The show got it wrong'" (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/entertainment/priyanka-chopra-the-activist/index.html "Why The Left Is Developing Into A Bunch Of Prudish Tramps" (The Federalist) https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/21/left-developing-bunch-prudish-tramps/---- Plugs for our guests ---- Follow Nick Gillespie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickgillespieFollow Gothix on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gothixTV