What it’s really like to be canceled  and how I overcame it

You may wonder why I am now sharing these stories a year later. 

The answer is simple: I no longer fear the backlash from my contemporaries, media figures or professors. 

In many ways, the outrage over my dissent has reached its peak. Any new assault on my character by my local newspaper editor or anyone else will have little influence or impact on my mental state or work. 

Perhaps most importantly, I have established my independent voice and can (modestly) financially support myself with my writings for now. 

But, one thing is clear: the reputational costs for dissenting from the correct views are high. According to a 2020 Heterodox Academy survey, 62 percent of sampled college students believe the climate on their campus prevents them from sharing their views on social and political issues, mostly because they fear backlash from professors and other students. 

Meanwhile, only 8 percent of Generation Z supports cancel culture, according to a recent Morning Consult survey. 

While rich, powerful celebrities are comparatively bullet-proof from cancel culture, it s no wonder why many ordinary people remain silent or cynically supportive of the social justice cause du jour. The odds are stacked against them from the university system, the media, the labor market and broader culture and compliance is the only financially and socially sustainable option. 

via nypost.com

And so we get one more independent voice who has grown the requisite thick skin.