We have a growing social problem that strikes at the centre of what it means to be Canadian.  It is called the “cancel culture”.  Rather than respond to ideas and proposals with which one disagrees, with better arguments, many just demand censorship.  To add fuel, at the slightest hint of offense, weak-willed College and University administrators comply, and disinvite guest speakers.  Prejudiced and close-minded protestors disrupt lectures and trash display booths.  This disturbing trend threatens the very purpose of education and expression in a free and democratic society, which should be open enough to expose the mind to various points of view.  The sad message that students learn, is that shouting and disruption delivers on the radical agenda.  We need to defend free expressions that are legal.  Religious organizations, especially Christian, face protest and censorship.  We need to stand up for the civil exchange of ideas and against the forces of censorship, and the self-righteous virtue signaling and moral grandstanding of the cancel culture.

Internet Yahoo-news, published that Rowan Atkinson, the British actor known the world over for his “Mr. Bean” character, delivered a broadside against the so-called online “cancel culture.”  During an interview with U.K. outlet Radio Times, Atkinson said: “The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society.  It becomes a case of either you’re with us or against us.  And if you’re against us, you deserve to be ‘canceled.’  “It’s important that we’re exposed to a wide spectrum of opinion, but what we have now is the digital equivalent of the medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn,” Atkinson added.  “So, it is scary for anyone who’s a victim of that mob, and it fills me with fear about the future.”