Editing Cancel culture (section)

=== During the George Floyd protests ===
After the death of George Floyd,, there have been (particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom) numerous episodes of iconoclasm aimed at removing statues or monuments considered symbols of a racist and slaver past. At the same time, around 150 intellectuals  published an open letter called "''A Letter On Justice And Open Debate''" in Harper's Magazine on the 7th July 2020, to issue a warning on the dangers of "a new set of moral standards and political alignments that tend to weaken the open debate in favor of ideological conformity". The letter raised several criticisms from the left, including another open letter entitled "''A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate''".

Onthe 27th December 2020, an article in the Wall Street Journal reported some cases of great literary classics opposed by the #DisruptTexts movement: among them [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homer]'s Odyssey and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne]'s The Scarlet Letter. However, the article was criticized by the #DisruptTexts supporters themselves, who dismissed the allegations and pleaded against any kind of censorship.

On the 31st December 2020, Australian musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave Nick Cave] identified cancel culture as the "opposite of pity" and the degeneration of the politically correct, which has become "the most unhappy religion in the world".