Cancel Culture

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Cancel culture allows marginalized people to seek accountability where the justice system fails.
- Pro 2: Cancel culture gives a voice to disenfranchised or less powerful people.
- Pro 3: Cancel culture is simply a new form of boycott, a cherished tactic in the civil rights movement, to spur social change.
Cons
- Con 1: Cancel culture is online bullying, often inciting violence and threats that are worse than the supposed offense being called out.
- Con 2: Cancel culture is not productive and does not bring about social change.
- Con 3: Cancel culture is a slippery slope that spurs intolerance as people systematically exclude anyone who disagrees with their views.
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