Here's the full text of the open letter including the full list of signatories (bolding mine):
This open letter is long overdue. A strong message must be sent to those who would seek to permanently ruin the lives of ordinary, innocent, decent people over even the slightest hint of "microaggression" and years-old tweets that were posted when they were literally still kids in struggle sessions and cultural revolutions that would make Mao proud. These entitled, SJW "activists" and phony "journalists" have nothing better to do because they are ironically very privileged. They hypocritically scream about how they're sO oPpReSsEd and they're the victim of [insert bigotry here] and kIlL aLl mEn and wHiTe lIvEs dOnT mAtTeR but WE'RE the racists, sexists, "Islamophobes", and bigots, not them. This kind of authoritarian, anti-free speech bullshit must be stamped out before it has a chance to take root, corrupt our democracies, and threaten our cherished freedoms and very way of life.
Even Barack Obama has spoken out against cancel culture, as has Donald Trump. While this letter was written primarily by liberals and moderate leftists (including moderate far-leftists such as Noam Chomsky) and denounces Trump as an authoritarian demagogue, I believe that opposition to cancel culture ought to be a sustained, bipartisan effort. After all, authoritarian repression isn't unique to any particular ideology or religion and is a key part of human nature.
I think that anyone who tries to tell me what I can and can't say or do, or must say and do, under pain of losing my job, family, friends, and my very way of life, or possibly worse, can go fuck themselves. I will not kneel in submission to the dictates of BLM and MeToo (far-left), extol the virtues of the CCP (formerly far-left, now far-right), or acknowledge the inherent supremacy of Malays over non-Malays, Muslims over non-Muslims, and the infallible nature and unassailable position of Islam (far-right).
The U.S. Democrats and the British Labour Party, SNP, and Liberal Democrats must immediately purge these far-left, cancel-culture extremists from their ranks, immediately denounce and distance themselves from them, and send a clear message that all views are welcome and both internal dissent and debate as well as wider public discourse will be not only tolerated but widely encouraged if they wish to regain my erstwhile support. They must reassure moderate conservatives, moderate leftists, libertarians, centrists, classical liberals, and others not of the woke, far-left persuasion that they will not be marginalized and discriminated against for failing to toe the BLM/MeToo line and toe it precisely and enthusiastically, especially if they happen to be white and male.
Concrete steps must be taken to decisively eradicate cancel culture. Those who practice and promote it should be called out, and failing that, they should be given a taste of their own medicine through public shunning. Schools should be required to teach students about the evils of cancel culture and the importance of maintaining a free and open exchange of ideas at all costs. The youth of today must be deprogrammed. University courses that promote cancel culture must be defunded by governments and their degrees instantly derecognized at all levels of society.
Social media platforms that selectively enforce site rules in such a way as to selectively discriminate against users for holding certain views should be liable to lawsuits. They should be treated as essential public utilities just as internet access already is. MSM outlets should immediately fire any so-called "journalists" whose occupation consists primarily of canceling, or threatening to cancel, individuals over a perceived slight against society. They should invite actual debate and discussion by interviewing guests who are both critical of and supportive of BLM/MeToo and not just the latter.
What do you think, NSG? Do we fight for freedom, uphold liberalism, and defend democracy, or do we embrace ideological servitude while dishonestly pretending to be against slavery in all its forms? Feel free to answer in the poll provided.
