Cancel Culture: The New McCarthyism
Col Mike Walker, USMC ret
All,
Was reading a WSJ book review by Harvard Professor Duncan White on Larry Tye's new biography of Senator Joe McCarthy titled Demagogue.
Now compare White's comment on McCarthy to the Cancel Culture:
"He was a creature of reckless momentum consuming everything in his path, heedless of consequence."
"McCarthyism was not an intellectual project. The Senator had no program ideas, no set of policies he wanted to enact. It was always clear what he was against but never what he was for, other than Joseph R. McCarthy."
Update and substitute the references to McCarthy and replace them with Cancel Culture and Professor White has neatly captured today's reality:
"The Cancel Culture is a creature of reckless momentum consuming everything in its path, heedless of consequence."
"The Cancel Culture is not an intellectual project. It has no program ideas, no set of policies its followers want to enact. It is always clear what the Cancel Culture is against but never what it is for, other than the Cancel Culture."
Amen.
