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‘Cancel Culture’ Is Actually as American as Apple Pie
FIGHTING WORDS
When privileged people cancel others, they call it decency and family values. When the cancellation turns on them, it’s censorship and fascism.
Jay Michaelson
Published
Mar. 29 2021
4:53AM EDT
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