Comment by Youre_ReadingMyName on 20/06/2020 at 12:49 UTC

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View submission: Philosophical takes on cancel culture

Contrapoint’s video [1] may not be pure academic philosophy, but is definitely philosophically influenced, and gives a very in depth leftist critique of the concept. You may find it interesting.

1: https://youtu.be/OjMPJVmXxV8

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Comment by Autolycuse at 20/06/2020 at 13:38 UTC

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This immediately came to mind! Alternatively, you can read the transcript[1] (the video is kind of long...)

1: https://www.contrapoints.com/transcripts/canceling

She mentions Ron Jonson's book and a book by Sarah Schulman called *Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair* that might also be relevant to someone interested in this topic: "Basically Schulman's argument is that, in various contexts from romantic relationships to community infighting to international politics, the overstatement of harm is used as a justification for cruelty and for escalating conflict." (quote from CP's video)

Comment by [deleted] at 20/06/2020 at 18:41 UTC

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