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13. On Liberty James Allan: Cancel Culture Knows No Limits

2020/6/29
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"It is becoming clear that cancel culture knows no limits. Old, incredibly valuable pieties at the heart of liberalism are being eroded."James Allan

On the show this week Salvatore Babones hosts James Allan, Garrick professor of law at the University of Queensland. In his recent article in The Australian, Allan notes how online twitter mobs don't argue against an opinion or view, rather argue against your view being able to exist at all.

The offence-givers and offence-takers imagine themselves as enemies. Cancellation culture is a false hope that we can erase those we don’t like. We'll discuss the dangerous ramifications of being caught up in this culture, the capture of universities and whether it's all about populism vs democracy.