On today's show Chong and Dan take stock of the current socio-political climate in the United States (and by extension, the rest of the West). In particular, we discuss the waves of cancellations and erasures that are occurring in newsrooms, campuses and media organisations, among other places. Why is this happening? And what are the problems that we see with this dynamic? We don’t have a satisfying answer for the way forward, but we agree that it must start with mercy and grace.
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James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor
Fawlty Towers: John Cleese attacks ‘cowardly’ BBC over episode’s removal
Netflix has quietly removed four of Chris Lilley’s shows, but it didn’t go unnoticed
UCLA professor: No racism in refusing to cancel final
List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
Margaret River’s Colonial beers ripped from shelves over name controversy