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#196 - Is Cancel Culture Toxic?

Open to Debate

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Cancellation is a controversial form of ostracism used to bring down those with power. Some see it as accountability and a method of calling attention to long standing injustice, while others say it's always been around. In this modern era social media, cancel culture has a decidedly amplifying effect. We ask you to vote on the motion 'cancel culture is toxic', before you've even heard the arguments. And here at intelligence squared, we name as our winner the team whose numbers go up the most in percentage point terms between the first and the second vote.

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