"It's Also Important for the Left to Defend the Right to Say Objectionable or Controversial Things"

"I dislike the phrase 'cancel culture' because, like 'woke', it is used with such abandon that it's become almost meaningless. Nevertheless, what these cases show is the development of a culture in which people are quick to take offence and to demand punishment for the 'offender'. They show, too, that while 'cancel culture' is portrayed as a leftwing 'woke' phenomenon, conservatives are equally mired in it."

Kenan Malik at The Guardian argues that "[i]f we fail to defend that right for speech we dislike, we will lose it for the speech we do like."