Two Things ‘Cancel Culture’ Refers To

On ‘speaking first’ and the meaning of ‘engagement’

Tucker Lieberman
7 min readMar 19, 2022

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“Cancel culture” isn’t real. This is, of course, my opinion. It is also a frame I wish to establish at the outset of these remarks.

Expressed concern over something called “cancel culture” is quite real. Such statements are frequent. I reflect on two common elements.

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Tucker Lieberman

Editor for Prism & Pen. Author of the novel "Most Famous Short Film of All Time." https://tuckerlieberman.com/