I wish I'd had more time to collect my thoughts on "cancel culture" before we recorded this week's show. I hadn't eaten lunch/dinner and was in a bad mood already, so I probably wasn't as nuanced as I could have been. Oh well! I still agree w/ myself …https://shera-progressive-of-power.simplecast.com/episodes/an-ill-wind

Mainly I wish I'd said: people fretting about "free speech" because they're worried about getting canceled themselves feels to me like the internet version of voting Republican because you think you might become a billionaire and then lose a few more dollars to taxes

You almost definitely will not amass enough power for either scenario to ever be relevant, but the folks who occupy those spaces now really want and need you to think it's possible.