The Villainy You Teach

Contributing writer Nicholas Mitchell examines how the national debate on cancel culture ignores its roots

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If you live in America in 2022, then you are most likely familiar with the notion of cancel culture. Across the political spectrum and in occupations ranging from opinion-makers to journalists to politicians to celebrities, the debate over how much of a threat cancel culture poses to the culture at large is raging.…