Part 1. I am Being Pushed toward the Sharp Revolutionary Blades of Cancel Culture. Includes non hit song (button below picture) "Stand My Ground"

And will I get out alive?

The context for the story in National Post articles (links below)

Newspaper article #1

Newspaper editorial #2

Newspaper article #3

I had started to write an essay on how dating apps damage relationships.

My academic suspension, though, left me anxious. The surreal experience of falling (or being pushed) into slowly grinding cancel culture gears is so relevant that I can’t avoid it.

(Even though my title uses a guillotine metaphor, I prefer gears. I couldn’t find a good free grinding gears photo).

And indeed, it has become personal. 

If we do not choose the type of society we live in, we will have one made for us. We are not powerless victims or lost souls drifting on ice floes, dependent only on prayer to bring us closer to the safety of the shore. 

Nobody has pushed us out to sea. We are just on a massive ship called Culture. However, we cannot a…