Victims of Cancel Culture Fight Back

As public schools and universities shamelessly discipline educators for exercising their rights of free speech, some are beginning to resist.

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Two weeks ago, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kari MacRae, a Massachusetts high-school teacher recently fired in retaliation for social-media posts objecting to critical race theory and gender fluidity in schools. The complaint alleges that the district was particularly concerned with a TikTok video MacRae posted before being hired. In the video, posted in support of MacRae’s candidacy for the school board in another district, she stated:

The legal battle over cancel culture is intensifying. Remarkably, schools and universities often admit that their actions are predicated on centrist or conservative views expressed by educators, or their refusal to embrace so-called anti-racist seminars. Schools assert that such views and behavior constitute hate speech, insubordination, and lack of collegiality. The verbiage, denouncements, forced public mea culpas, and loss of employment evoke China’s Cultural Revolution.

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Kenin M. Spivak

Kenin M. Spivak is the founder and chairman of SMI Group LLC, an international consulting firm and investment bank, and a lifetime member of the National Association of Scholars.

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