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416 | Rikki Schlott: The Cancel Culture Debate After the Hamas Massacre

The Realignment

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Rikki Schlott, co-author (with Greg Lukianoff) of The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—but There Is a Solution, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Rikki discuss the origins of cancel culture, why free speech ideals are the best way to run American institutions, from social media platforms to universities, and whether the fallout from student and faculty protests against Israel constitute "cancel culture."

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0:00.0

Marshall here. Welcome back to The Realignment.

0:08.3

Quick note before I dive in, in case you missed it,

0:10.5

Saga and I published an expanded Q&A and recap episode

0:14.3

on Sunday, focused on Israel, Gaza, and Hamas.

0:17.6

We'll publish bi-weekly recap, such as asking anything episodes

0:21.6

on Sundays moving forward, so I'll be a great way

0:24.8

of building out this new format and bringing Saga back into the show.

0:28.5

To listen to the full version of the episode,

0:30.3

subscribe to The Realignment Supercast at re-alignment.supercast.com

0:34.8

or click the link at the top of the show notes.

0:37.4

On to today's episode. My guest is Ricky Slott,

0:41.1

co-author of the Canceling of the American Mind,

0:43.3

Cancer Culture Under Runs Trust, and threatens us all,

0:46.0

but there is a solution. Ricky's co-author, Gregor Kianoff,

0:50.3

is the president of Fire, one of the country's premier free speech

0:53.5

organizations. He previously came on the podcast

0:56.3

back in December 2021, so you can check out his perspective there.

1:00.8

That said, there's a decent chance you're wondering,

1:03.5

Marshall, really, in an episode about Cancel Culture,

1:06.1

what is this, 2019? And you know what,

1:09.2

that's actually a pretty fair response.

1:11.6

I put this out during the episode,

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