Don’t frame Shane Gillis as the victim of ‘cancel culture’

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There’s plenty of evidence that some form of “cancel culture” exists. The internet has paved the way for people more easily to band together for a cause, even to weaponize outrage, to get people fired or pushed out of certain circles.

Take, for instance, Kevin Hart’s disinvitation from the Oscars, or recently, the judge from the Brock Turner rape case getting fired from a job that had nothing to do with the judiciary. What about the author who decided not to publish his book because early reviewers complained that the bad guys were the wrong race?

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