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>The average American doesn't read Twitter daily, and is somewhere between a moderate liberal and a moderate conservative[2]. These people represent orthodox privilege.

Orthodoxy is not just a numbers game---you also have to factor in reach and institutional support (but I repeat myself).

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> Orthodoxy is not just a numbers game---you also have to factor in reach and institutional support (but I repeat myself).

Reach, sure. That's the nature of social media. Can you name an institution that includes "cancel culture" among its principles? I don't think any (American) institution, public or private, practices what paulg is complaining about.

I can think of plenty of institutions that encourage boycotting and isolation as political tactics; labeling these as "cancel culture" is, well, telling.

Boycotting and isolation of people for their concrete actions is one thing. But if you boycott and isolate people for merely expressing opinions, isn't it fair to characterize that as cancel culture?

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