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Cancel Culture Follies

Cancel Culture Follies
The statue of philosopher David Hume on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Feb. 21, 2012. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Cancel culture is one of the most unlovely of the radical left’s contributions to our society. It’s currently rampant, and its reach is limitless; even the great philosopher David Hume’s name has been removed from a University of Edinburgh building because of alleged racism.

John M. Ellis
John M. Ellis
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John M. Ellis is a distinguished professor emeritus at University of California–Santa Cruz, chair of the California Association of Scholars, and the author of several books, the most recent of which is “The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done.”
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