Leading Cancel Culture Researcher Describes Campaign to Cancel Him

Kaufmann: for radicals, trying to oust people is almost a religious experience, 'like calling out a witch or calling out a sinner'

In this file image, students arrive for their graduation ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on Oct. 13, 2015. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

When the online cancel mob came for him, Professor Eric Kaufmann felt little sense of surprise—only irony.

As a leading researcher into cancel culture in the world of academia, he knows all too well that these days simply championing free speech can be seen as an act of fascism by some radical students and academics.