"Cancel culture" has now taken a life in the form of Alec Holowka's suicide prompted by dubious and unproven allegations, made public in spite of the knowledge he was emotionally unstable and had suicidal ideation.
One way to counteract this dangerous trend is to affirmatively support those being mobbed and ostracized. I took a step yesterday by preordering Joseph Massey's book A New Silence. You can read about his cancellation here: https://quillette.com/2019/06/28/a-metoo-mob-tried-to-destroy-my-life-as-a-poet-this-is-how-i-survived/
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Thank you!
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