Main idea: The difference between Cancel Culture and Voluntary Association
- Who we are
- I’m Kasie, I’m in Columbia and my daughter is 12
- I’m Jessica. I live in the Upstate of South Carolina, and I have two boys, 6th and 6rd grade.
- The purpose and scope of the episode-
- A timely discussion about how cancel culture and voluntary association differ, and how cancel culture is detrimental to our society
- LINK to the audio-only of this episode
- Today’s topic is pretty popular. We’ll try to stick to the libertarian take.
- Explanation of how the two are different:
- What is cancel culture vs. what is voluntary association?
- Examples of cancel culture
- Looking for old social media posts to spark outrage, then using it to damage someone’s life and livelihood.
- How is this detrimental to our society?
- Entitlement-driven malice
- Examples of voluntary association
- Thom Brennaman fired after slur on hot mic. Employers can terminate employees for public actions that are detrimental to the company’s image and/or success
- How is this vital in a free market?
- You can have a belief that is different than others and still be respectful and kind
- Dichotomies in our party
- Explanation of how the two are different:
- Coming up on the next episode:
- Part 2 — we bring Alex and Melissa in on this conversation about cancel culture.
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- Thanks and goodbye
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