Overheard a professor say cancel culture is just 'consequences for actions'

I was grabbing coffee near the student union at my school last Tuesday and heard this history prof arguing with a poli sci professor. The history guy literally said 'cancel culture is just consequences for your actions getting louder.' I couldn't help but think about that speaker who got uninvited here two months ago over old tweets. It's not that simple though right? Like if a college bans someone for stuff they said 10 years ago, is that fair or is it just mob rule? Has anyone else seen a campus debate get shut down over something ancient?

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paul_thompson6720d ago

Wait wait wait, did you say the prof actually used the phrase "getting louder"? That's wild, I've never heard someone frame it like that before.

rodriguez.jordan19d ago

Man @paul_thompson67 nailed it, "getting louder" is a wild way to put it but I guess my own bad takes from a decade ago would be pretty loud right now too if someone dug them up. Honestly I’d probably just delete my old MySpace and hope nobody screenshotted it.