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I really enjoyed this article and read the one you linked to! Honestly, I was not really aware of the term 'cancel culture' and when I did see it, it was always in relation to social media celebrities that I don't really care for or follow - but I had no idea how far-reaching it actually is! Peer pressure. I've seen it at work as well. It happened to others and to me personally. And people falling into three groups - the largest one being well-meaning but too much to lose or not interested.

I believe, on a larger scale that is where the majority of world problems come from - well-meaning people too scared or too uninterested to actually speak up.

I see so much of that happening in y adopted country New Zealand - people are absolutely terrified to say that they are not happy with something that government does or that something is not quite right in this 'paradise'.

There was a similar outrage with several university professors who expressed their academic opinion about a hot topic and the backlash was outrageous. Almost stifling the freedom of speech. It isn't the topic (I actually don't exactly agree about what they said) but the fact that they should have not said it all? One of them had to resign over it. The need for humans to conform. Exacerbated by the internet. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-university-professor-resigns-from-acting-dean-role-over-letter-claiming-maori-knowledge-isnt-science/NF4CMOCYRJZGI5Y4DXACKKJU54/

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