Lots of people asked me what I though about the Letter on Justice and Open Debate in Harper's Magazine, the signatories of which is a who's who of famous authors, academics, and intellectuals. Well, I had a lot of thoughts. We examine the phenomenon of "cancel culture" through a historical lens, before looking into the details of two recent examples of attempted cancellations; Lin Manuel Miranda and "Hamilton", and Nick Cannon's controversial comments on a recent podcast.