I’M SORRY MITEM 16

"If offence is against the rules, what hope is there for radical writings? Part of the (cancel) ideology is a refusal to have a conversation, that it causes you harm to talk or to listen to someone with whom you disagree. So you cancel everyone that you don’t want to listen to, or who has a different perspective. It’s the antithesis of what real education is." - Lionel Shriver The character played by Stella Höttler is lost and confused in this changing world. Therefore, she apologizes for everything—for how she looks, for how she behaves, for what she says … She tries to find her way in the world of self-censorship while she strongly believes that we should engage in discussion, exchange ideas, and simply talk with each other. Because, when a society shields itself from hearing dissenting opinions, it stops itself from strengthening its own arguments. Isn’t dialogue the base of democracy? 

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