or of course any compassionollies tweets were from when he was a teenager they were an echo of his time as a teenager he lived within the silo of british cultural influence that influence is borne of halfbaked ideas and ignorance about other cultures if this rubbed off on ollie he cannot be blamed for that his intent was not malicious he like many other young british people are recipients of what the british elite including my own university have consistently fed a decent population since the colonial era it is they not ollie who should be brought to taskwith that broader objective in mind decolonisation of syllabi at oxford was one of my main electoral promises during my presidential campaign surprisingly the people taking umbrage at ollies irredeemably offensive tweets are the same who are lobbying for the forgiveness and return of shamima begum begum was amongst the few london school girls who were inspired by videos of isis fighters beheading hostages and willingly left for syria in 2015 to become brides of terrorists if the mob has it within itself to stand up for the rights of a proven terrorist why is ollie unforgivableit is clear that those who purvey a triggerhappy cancel culture are powerhungry hypocrites who derive fulfilment by imposing misery on others their combination of sheer ignorance and overconfidence is as dangerous as it is nauseating they also flagrantly use and abuse the public spirit of accountability to deleterious effect having been thrown in the deep end i have learnt to challenge and stand up for myself in the face of such incessant bullying and ostracisation i would like to encourage each and every person who has been similarly targeted to speak out against this insidious cancel culture the woke mob is not looking for accountability or genuine apology as it claims it is out for vengeanceand that is precisely why all rational and compassionate people must step in raise their voices and stop themsamant was presidentelect at university of oxfordagainstan apology isnt enough there must be public consequences for public bigotrysuryakant waghmoreshould people be held accountable for their bigoted misogynist or casteist social media posts in the past or does an apology erase the problem accountability is essential on social media just as it is in the real world there must be public consequences for public bigotry including legal recourse encouraging people to get away with irresponsible behaviour only dilutes our poor standards of public civilitywhy does civility matter it is not superficial politenessit is about the common respect owed to all citizens that allows us to argue and disagree on the same footing democracy is premised on this equal worth of all citizenssome kinds of speech are a calculated assault on vulnerable groups which undermines their dignity and this very belonging in the public community like other forms of hostility violence discrimination and exclusion it is meant to establish a hierarchical social order and suppress the participation of subordinated groups to demand civility