Cancel culture

Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Cancel culture allows marginalized people to seek accountability where the justice system fails.
- Pro 2: Cancel culture gives voice to the disenfranchised and less powerful.
- Pro 3: Cancel culture is simply a new form of boycott, a cherished tactic in the civil rights movement, to spur social and corporate change.
Cons
- Con 1: Cancel culture reflects a mob mentality, spurring bullying, injustice, threats, and even violence.
- Con 2: Cancel culture is unproductive in generating real social change.
- Con 3: Cancel culture is a slippery slope that too often spurs intolerance, ignorance, and violations of free speech.
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