> "Culture cancels abhorrent ideas" -In the age of religion, being an atheist was considered an "abhorrent" idea as was tolerance of other religious beliefs.

> "Culture cancels abhorrent ideas" -In the age of religion, being an atheist was considered an "abhorrent" idea as was tolerance of other religious beliefs. The culture of the day tried hard to cancel it and things done to silence heretics were quite terrible. -During the US civil right's movement of the '60s, the idea that all people deserved equal treatment, regardless of skin color, was considered an "abhorrent" idea. The culture of the day tried hard to cancel it; MLK was widely disliked at the time of his death. Your words hit the nail squarely on the head but, unfortunately, drives it straight through the argument you were trying to defend. "Culture cancels abhorrent ideas" but it was only through looking at "abhorrent" ideas that progress was made.