During the segment on his HBO show, Maher noted that it's not just the celebrity elite who believe they will be chastised for saying something politically incorrect and that people 'don't like walking around on eggshells.'
Weiss said cancel culture isn't"just about punishing the sinner," but also a"secondary boycott of people who would deign to speak to that person or appear on a platform with that person." She added that if conversation around disagreement becomes impossible then the only way to resolve conflict would be violence.
Maher noted that it's not just the celebrity elite who believe they will be chastised for saying something politically incorrect and that people"don't like walking around on eggshells."
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