Continuing our discussion of "what is wrong with the left", this week we turn our attention to "Cancel Culture" and the phenomenon of publicly shaming people on Twitter. Contrapoints just released a good, long video on "Canceling" which Michael watched the day before recording. Perhaps if people were a bit more polite and considerate online, things would be less terrible...

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[1] Contrapoints Canceling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8 

[2] The Dark Heart of Italy - https://amzn.to/2uQrPUN 

[3] Ivanka’s Twitter thread “But this is a civilised country, people said” - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/1090519840903884800 

[4] Why Don’t We Care About China’s Uighur Muslims? - https://theintercept.com/2019/12/29/why-dont-we-care-about-chinas-uighur-muslims/ 

[5] Ronny Chieng - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81070659

[6] Andrew Yang - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCriIuQZpMi6gEt_2P7xKCww

[7] Jon Ronson - So You’ve Been Publically Shamed -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You%27ve_Been_Publicly_Shamed

[8] #MeToo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metoo

[9] Jen Brister - The Other Mother - https://amzn.to/2ZVTFdC 

[10] Liam Neeson - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47133868

[11] Klaus - https://www.netflix.com/title/80183187 

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