Ideology, Mobs, and Cancel Culture: Let the Resistance Begin With Us

Ideology, Mobs, and Cancel Culture: Let the Resistance Begin With Us
Execution of Louis XVI during the French Revolution. The empty pedestal in front of him had supported a statue of his grandfather, Louis XV, torn down during one of the many revolutionary riots. Public Domain
Jeff Minick
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In “Orthodoxy,” G.K. Chesterton wrote: “Therefore the modern man in revolt has become practically useless for all purposes of revolt. By rebelling against everything he has lost his right to rebel against anything.”

The key word in Chesterton’s aphorism is “right.”

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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