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Hello, I would like to edit my assignment page, Cancel culture, with the following additions: Cancel Culture paragraph- Ligaya Mishan, New York Times At the beginning of the internet in China people started to send online requests for out of the ordinary things and for people to expand their interests. This was known as “renrou sousuo”, which in English means “human flesh search”. The idea was to expand personal interests that later turned into public condemnatory judgments. Academic Analysis-Joel Stein Professor Joshua Knobe, of the Philosophy Department at Yale, contends that public denunciation is not effective, and that society is quick to pass judgement against those we now view as public offenders or persona non-grata. Knobe asserts that these actions have the opposite effect on individuals and that it is best to bring attention to the positive actions that most of society participates in. Criticism of the Concept-Eugene Scalia Former Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, points out that cancel culture is a form of freedom of speech and protected under the First Amendment. At the same time, he brings to attention a consequence that has not been addressed, that cancel culture affects the equal opportunity of legal representation for those affected and that it limits the pool of lawyers who are willing to risk their personal and professional reputation on such controversial topics. The legal representation field is subject to manipulation by current clients who do not wish to be in any form associated with cancel culture matters even though firms or lawyers do not necessarily share the same ideology of those whom they represent. He concludes his article by emphasizing that every issue deserves to be heard and have appropriate representation regardless of its popularity in current society. Preserving history-Otto F von Feigenblatt Dr. von Feigenblatt writes that the call to remove and/or destroy art that represents historical figures that are now perceived as offensive is not a new trend. What is new is the fact that these actions are not just welcome but invited by some elected officials. Von Feigenblatt offers some examples of how the destruction of this type of art can negatively affect places similar to the case in Moldova. As Moldova shifted into democracy, they started to eliminate most of the communist representations in public areas leaving Maldovans with little historical art that put them at the bottom of places to visit in Europe. In another case, Von Fiegenblatt, illustrates how sometimes the government, Guayaquil, Ecuador, tries to influence the public with cancel culture by trying to change the name of a public area to remove any association of Colonialism. Despite all the government efforts the change of name never took off. He concludes that there is good and bad in everything; however, this does not have to equal the extinction of cultural heritage. History cannot be changed, so instead, society needs to focus on learning from the past and bringing attention to education rather than destroying historical artifacts. In popular culture-Dr. Seuss banned books After receiving some feedback from the education sector, the Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six books will no longer be in circulation. Dr. Seuss Enterprises proclaimed that they remain staunch to fair and equal representation of all their readers.

How do I go about editing the page so I can turn it my assignment to my instructor?The Social Experimenter (talk) 00:56, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

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Moving sandbox

Hello, The Social Experimenter,

Do not move your class project to the main space of Wikipedia. It is not an acceptable article and would likely be quickly deleted. Your instructor can view your assignment in your Sandbox. If you have questions, I'm sure your instructor or Ian (Wiki Ed) can address them. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:07, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

As long as your work is in your sandbox you should be fine as far as grading goes. You shouldn't have to move your work to mainspace in order for it to be graded - in this case, it's better not to. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:46, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Cancel culture

Hi. Just a passing comment: Here I've edited an insertion you made here to this article, changing "is quick" to "is too quick". The Time magazine article cited doesn't name the interviewer; Knobes identifies him in the article as "a humor columnist", and it is clear from the article that he holds the opposite view -- "must be quick". Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 21:57, 4 May 2021 (UTC)