#CLST6#Project4 Part 3: While in an interview with Dr. Cornel West, Princeton University Professor Robert P. George said, "Every single human being is the bearer of profound, inherent, and equal dignity. Human beings are not to be cancelled.
(Cont.) The world is messy; there are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids, and share certain things with you.” End Part 2
#CLST6#Project4 PART 2: Google Trends data indicates that there was almost no public interest in cancel culture in the U.S. until the later half of 2018/early half of 2019.
My 2 *subjective!* reasons for this spike are as follows:
Former President Barack Obama, while speaking at an Obama Foundation summit in 2019, had this to say about cancel culture:
“This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically ‘woke’ and all that stuff. You should get over that quickly.