Rowling and feminist Gloria Steinem signed, which warns that the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.
What strikes me about it is the pushback is coming from liberals and almost everyone who signs this letter is a liberal!
Weiss, who resigned from the Times last month after accusing the paper of intolerance, explained how cancel culture differs from criticism.
Its about this sort of secondary boycott of people who would deign to speak to that person or appear ona platform with that person.
Weiss also praised Trader Joes, which recently announced that it would not follow the steps of other brands and companies that have changed their names or images in the name of social justice.
Maher has long used his platform to denounce cancel culture, referring to it as a cancer on progressivism in March following Chris Matthews departure from MSNBC.
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