Conservative speakers at college campuses have been dis-invited, turned away by the mob, or required extra security (at the speaker’s expense) to deal with the cancel culture. CEO’s have stepped down, and Republicans have been shown the door in restaurants, but the Left was fine with this.
Then they came for “Hamilton”, and some on the Left grew a spine. Welcome to those of us fighting for free speech. I hope it lasts.
Mentioned links:
‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Responds To ‘Cancel Hamilton’ Criticism
J.K. Rowling Smeared As Transphobe, ‘Canceled’ After Saying Biological Sex ‘Is Real’
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
JK Rowling, Over 100 Others Sign Letter Condemning Cancel Culture. One Caves, Apologizes. Rowling Responds.

Show transcript
I’ve been asking what you’ve learned, or enjoyed, or missed, or lost during this pandemic. Listener Linda, a friend of mine from summer camp staff way back in the day, let us know about the events and the people she’s missing.
Missed AA meetings, a wedding & 3 graduations. AA’s yearly Founder’s Day celebration in Akron was canceled. As a recovering alcoholic it was a bit tough not being able to connect with fellow alkies as I have for 30 yrs. But like everybody, we adjusted. Although there have been a sad ton of relapses & deaths for those who weren’t able to rest on their faith & AA’s Program found in the book, or online meetings. The church thing has been maddening. I don’t go regularly but many churches could have operated safely. The overreach angered me.
Thanks so much for sharing your journey through this, Linda. This highlights another aspect of the cost of a lockdown; the loss of support from others. Phone calls are good, Zoom or Skype calls are good, but nothing beats a good old face-to-face meeting.
And the church thing is finally changing in many places. Our church has a great setup. We have a parking lot next to a field, so we set up a sound system with speakers pointing both ways. You can come and stay in your car, or do some distancing in your lawn chairs in the field. With perfect weather the past 11 weeks, it’s been a great stop-gap measure, and if it’s too hot for you, it’s also live-streamed. Yeah, there was certainly some inconsistency in some states, but I think those restrictions are on the way out.
Thanks again for writing. And you can let us know what’s happening in your pandemic life as well by looking for the post that is pinned to the top of the Facebook page and group.

What was acclaimed just yesterday, is now “problematic” today. What got awards before is being canceled now. Blink and the “woke” crowd will smite you.
Case in point; the musical “Hamilton”. In 2016 it swept the Tony Awards. That was then, [this is 2020] (which is a phrase that could be applied to so much this year). Hamilton himself was an abolitionist, but the hypothetical criticism now is that he didn’t do enough to convince other founding fathers to agree. It took a civil war in this country to finally abolish slavery, but Hamilton was supposed to do it singlehandedly. Because he didn’t, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer and star of Hamilton had to make his Twitter account private from all the criticism, and when he got back he had to apologize for not working that into an already-two-and-a-half hour musical.
Hamilton was the toast of the town for years,