16 July 2020
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The Harper’s letter and its critics
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Katie Herzog, one of the signatories of the open letter on speech and cancel culture.
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In this video:
- Bari Weiss’s very public resignation from the New York Times
- Is the NYT a toxic workplace?
- Why Katie signed the Harper’s open letter
- Aryeh: The vagueness of the letter fueled the backlash
- Do we have a cancel culture problem or a Twitter culture problem?
- Katie critiques the counterletter
- The recent failed attempt to cancel Aryeh
- Do online subcultures trend toward toxicity?
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