The New Puritans
How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
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There's very little meat on this bone; Doyle rabbits on for 22 pages before giving the first example of the problem he's meant to be examining. DNF at page 45 (but perused the epilogue) because it's so damned boring, recounting the Salem witch trials and telling us what others have said about cancel culture rather than actually building a convincing argument. (I don't disagree with the premise that knee-jerk social activism is problematic but fuck, present some facts already!)
If you're going to read just one book to learn about the culture wars, this is the one.