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How do we think about cancel culture?
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Cancel culture typifies the snowflake mentality

Cancel culture is just one element of the ongoing millennial campaign for a more anodyne world. Injustice exists.

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Cancel culture is just one element of the ongoing millennial campaign for a more anodyne world. Injustice exists. Life can be difficult. And yet, millennials have become so sensitive to ideas they don't agree with, they can no longer understand complex issues through any lens other than their own. Identity politics is the cornerstone of this perspective. It is as Senator Tom Cotton said of the cancelling of a commencement address by Ivanka Trump, "If the snowflakes so offended by the idea of hearing from a White House advisor couldn't contain their emotions, they should have skipped the speech...Instead, they ruined it for everyone." [1]

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  1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ivanka-trump-calls-out-cancel-culture-after-her-commencement-speech-is-canceled-wsu-tech/
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