AOC Says Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist. Here’s Why She’s Wrong
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC, is no stranger to controversy, so it’s not a surprise that she took a controversial stance on the recent letter condemning cancel culture published in Harper’s Magazine.
This letter began with a powerful statement. It says, “Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and inclusion across our society, not least in higher education, journalism, philanthropy, and the arts. But this needed reckoning has also intensified a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity. As we applaud the first development, we also raise our voices against the second.”