This thread by Lili is brilliant and explains a lot of anxiety about “cancel culture” and the online world. I think where we differ is that I’m not actually upset that the chance for “good faith debate” on issues like abortion has vanished. https://twitter.com/Millicentsomer/status/1281414271692234753

(I think, essentially, I have less certainty that there was ever a space where debate could lead to reasoned intellectual exchange, or that this were productive or even desirable for a lot of issues. It might also be a US/UK thing.)

buy the book I edited on free speech, I guess! it comes out in November! https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526151162/ 

(But also read Lili’s thread, it’s very smart, and does some really important work to explain *why* some people — perhaps especially people with big platforms who are nonetheless not especially online — feel like this.)