The Bad Faith Behind the “Cancel Culture” Panic

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Cancel culture is real. But it is ill defined in its popular use in the rhetoric of conservative pundits and Republican politicians. In the Republicans’ war on so-called political correctness, “cancelling” is synonymous with “censorship” but none of what they choose to rant against is government action that violates Constitutional protections of free speech.