Friday 16 September 2022

cancelling anti-royalists

The idea behind 'cancel culture' is that you are afraid to say what you think:

Cancel culture: what views are Britons afraid to express? | YouGov

And this is part of the bigger 'culture wars':

Jay Doubleyou: culture wars

Jay Doubleyou: brexit and the culture wars: part two

But has it become another left-right divide?

More than half of Britons afraid of sharing non-progressive views | UK | News | Express.co.uk

This question has come up in a big way over the last week or so: 

Jay Doubleyou: arresting anti-royalists

Polly Toynbee writes for the Guardian:

As businesses close and funerals are halted, fear of being attacked by a rightwing mob is stifling freedom of expression following the Queen’s death

Dissenting voices on royal mourning have been silenced. This is ‘cancel culture’ | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian

But with a warning from the FT:

The left needs to rediscover its fervour for free speech | Financial Times

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