Enmity and argumentative strategies for legitimizing cancel culture.

The article explores cancel culture as a part of social justice activism and its roots in leftist identitarianism. Cancel culture involves using social media to shame and penalize individuals who violate social norms. Advocates argue that it is morally and politically legitimate, while critics see it as a form of censorship. The article also discusses how cancel culture is defended and legitimized, and how it is often portrayed as a right-wing invention. It concludes by examining cancel culture as a tool for marginalized communities to assert their value systems. [Extracted from the article]