As cultural standards change, attacks on familiar icons catch us by surprise. Disney films? The children's books of Dr. Seuss? Is nothing sacred? Has "political correctness" gone too far? Yes and no. Yes only in part, and only because corrective movements always overreach to some extent. For example, the San Francisco Board of Education recently voted to remove the names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Senator Diane Feinstein from its schools. To be sure, Washington was a slave-holder. But Lincoln, the Great Emancipator? And of what iniquity was the liberal Sen. Feinstein guilty?
12. "Cancel Culture": Going Too Far?
12. "Cancel Culture": Going Too Far?
12. "Cancel Culture": Going Too Far?
As cultural standards change, attacks on familiar icons catch us by surprise. Disney films? The children's books of Dr. Seuss? Is nothing sacred? Has "political correctness" gone too far? Yes and no. Yes only in part, and only because corrective movements always overreach to some extent. For example, the San Francisco Board of Education recently voted to remove the names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Senator Diane Feinstein from its schools. To be sure, Washington was a slave-holder. But Lincoln, the Great Emancipator? And of what iniquity was the liberal Sen. Feinstein guilty?