Cancel culture

President Biden has called for unity and one of the first things he could do is to tackle the problem of cancel culture. Cancel culture (or call-out culture) is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles - either online on social media, in the real world, or both. Those who are subject to this ostracism are said to be "canceled. For example, some are calling for Harvard to cancel the degrees that some republicans earned in the past and others are asking employers not to hire anyone who worked in the Trump administration. Sometimes it involves boycotting a company because of some ad. This is very effective because companies do not want to antagonize anyone. In general it is an attack on free speech. If someone says something that another person doesn't like they can call it hate speech and ask others to join them in attacking the offender. This can escalate into attacks from all sides because one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. It's a lose lose situation.