Peer Review:
1- Cancel Culture
The writer here has went on to signify how “woke” culture and cancel culture are a growing
phenomenon and how it relates to philosophers such as John Mill who would advocate for cancel
culture to grow within certain limits
The writer then suggests that one can simply not listen to opinions that are outside of his own agenda
and not go on to cancel said opinions; however, this is easier said than done and some remarks can be
cruel to a point.
The writer does suggest though that there are certain limits to which one needs to consider when
advocating for free speech, for this is the most sense that one can make out of this argument as a
person of full consciousness would understand the limitations and what one can say based on his social
surrounding
Our peer then continuous to advocate for the cancelation of cancel culture by referencing Jordan
Peterson, who is a strong advocate of free speech but in a right-wing twist to it with tearing down of
liberal ideologies that form a considerable part of cancel culture.
The writer here claims that hate and agenda-driven projections are made by the cancel culture society,
and sees that this liberal movement has gone too far, which I agree on to some limit where there are
some misogynistic and oppressive views that would be better off shunned away and not taken into
regard such as most right-wing views.
The writer then touches on the idea of how the world has become too soft, which is true. He then
relates this idea to Mill’s pragmatic view on always keeping an open mind when discussing anything as
one does not know what they would learn, for in our day and age there are a lot of easily offended
groups and that pushes the world into a never ending spiral of liberal fusels.
The writer finally relates his argument to Marilyn Frye in a way that shows how her perception of the
“cage” she describes is of views that would only push cancel culture to grow and become more entitled
to do and say what they want in reference to their own agenda. The push for a better tomorrow is
always a must but the way that cancel culture is taking it is too mediocre, so I have to agree with the
writer here.
2- Freedom of Expression
The author here asserts the idea that this subject of freedom of expression is very sensitive. He then
goes on to talk about how Mill’s view would only further progress and has progressed society with how
the world should act in freeness and openness when handling any topic. Another philosopher our peer
has talked about was Rousseau and he viewed him as being completely open for change and how
society should be let out of any chains that are there. The author didn’t thoroughly touch on the idea of
forming a state after this concept of Rousseau was done but the idea of freedom of expression is shown
throughout. The author then goes on to talk about Locke and his approach towards an ideal utopia
where every man is free to express himself fully. However, the author then introduces Hobbes and talks
about how he is against the grain when it came to this topic and how freedom of expression is not
always the way to go, for it can create violence and disturbance in the community, which is true to a
certain extent. One notable figure that was found in the author’s argument would be Marin Luther King
and his continuous progressive move into the hearts of the world, where the letter he wrote while
locked up in Birmingham jail was used as reference here. Our peer had used several figures that had a
strong stance on freedom of speech and it is very clear that civil reform towards continuous freedom of
expression of all levels. However, this shouldn’t always be the case with hate speech and agenda-driven
biases that would alter the way one would think freedom of expression is, for arguments should be
constructed and respectable and that is not always the case in most sensitive arguments such as
religion, race, and gender. The author then continues with reference to Marilyn Frye who is an extreme
advocate for freedom of expression; her writing “Oppressed” was used as well in this argument and how
women should break out of this “cage” set by humanity against them throughout the years. Freedom of
expression was encouraged by this peer and he used several figures to advocate for the vocalization of
one’s opinion in order to pursue formidable action.