In re: "Cancel Culture" I think it's important to remember the context: "cancelling" used to mean getting beaten up or even murdered, not for saying something s

In re: "Cancel Culture" I think it's important to remember the context: "cancelling" used to mean getting beaten up or even murdered, not for saying something stupid but just for existing and being, say, black or gay. Now you get fired for saying something stupid. What I'm getting at is, if you stand back and take a broad-minded view of things, today's "cancel culture", as bad as it is, is progress. The question now is, can we re-assert our common, shared values in re: free speech without backsliding into queer-bashing and lynching? Framed that way it seems kind of a no-brainer, right?