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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I don't believe in "cancel culture." It's a phrase only used by people who are just as bull-headed and unwilling to listen to others' opinions as the people they choose to slap the label on.
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The danger in this is publishers drop author contracts based off the cancel culture trends on Twitter as well. It can become uncomfortably close to the old days of book censorship and book burning. People argue with me it is not, but I point out books were banned by parent groups in schools in the days of old for their thoughts at the time on what was wrong or inappropriate. If a book is boycotted by some readers by personal choice, fine, but for the books to be dropped or pulled until we keep getting them out of the mainstream availability line or circulation, we'll eventually we left with only some views to buy/read. That really is censorship and speaks of virtual book burning. Books used to be burned to get them out of circulation and the public availability, we just do it different ways now.