Is "Cancel Culture" Good For Philosophy?
“Cancel culture” is bad—say the critics—because it censors free speech and limits the free exchange of ideas. There shouldn’t be tariffs on unpopular opinions, and besides, who gets to decide what is and isn’t “toxic?”
Yet having a book pulled or an event cancelled is not the same as capital punishment, which was the original cancel culture that faced so…
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