It’s a Blacklist, Pure and Simple

Today’s cancel culture harkens back to the excesses of the McCarthy era.

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Gina Carano at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival.

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Cancellations had a precursor in the Hollywood Blacklist.

Why should anyone get upset about the ongoing wave of cancellations across the culture, when the government isn’t involved?

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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