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Cancel culture has certainly been prominent in the news recently. And while definitions may vary, it’s fair to say cancel culture is about silencing opposing opinions, sowing dissent, arousing anger and stifling debate. Unfortunately, this phenomenon appears to be permeating every aspect of American life.
Whether it’s eliminating Dr. Suess; firing a teacher for failing to address a student by her self-identified gender pronoun; or Amazon Prime removing a Clarence Thomas documentary during Black History Month; the cancel culture represents an existential threat to our society.
For those who feel the aforementioned is hyperbolic, they should try reading “Life and Death in Shanghai” by Nien Cheng, a searing memoir of Mao’s Cultural Revolution because in very many ways, what’s going on in America today parallels what occurred in China during the 1960s.