put their name to an open letter against ‘cancel culture’.The letter, published in Harper’s Magazine, denounces what is described as ‘restriction of debate’.Praising recent worldwide protests for racial equality and social justice, it warns against ‘intolerance of opposing views’ and ‘a vogue for public shaming and ostracism, and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral’.‘It is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought,’ the letter adds – in a veiled reference to the practice of ‘cancelling’ a person via social media.Rowling’s latest move comes after people took issue with her recent comments on the transgender community.Harry.
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