The whole cancel culture movement is inherently flawed because people cannot use “present day moral standards” to measure what parts of history are retained and what aren’t according to Sky News host chrissmithonair.
The whole cancel culture movement is inherently flawed because people cannot use “present day moral standards” to measure what parts of history are retained and what aren’t according to Sky News host Chris Smith.
It comes amid calls to erect a statue commemorating Indigenous Gadigal woman, Pat-Ye-Gerang, who taught her language to First Fleeter Leftenant William Dawes. However, local council and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel have been involved to decide whether it will go ahead. Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has even suggested the very idea of statues is far too colonial.
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