There really is nothing new here. People have always enjoyed throwing stones. Two thousand years ago Jesus had to admonish people not to do it, so we have that as some form of record. Back in the fifties one big stone tossed was to be labeled a Communist. That affected a fair number of livelihoods. At other times and locations it was terms like Tory or Abolitionist. Now we have new stones, Critical Race Theory and Cultural Appropriation and others. We also have the advanced launch system of social media, so the stones are coming fast and furious. Are the people throwing the stones really hurt? For the most part probably not. It's just fun to get incensed and throw stones. And honestly the collective consciousness now is at about the development of a grade school child. We saw it with mask mandates, along the lines of "You can't make me. It's a free country." I imagine the vast majority of those same people follow traffic laws but still the thinking is somewhere around fifth grade. As is the idea of "canceling" someone. But here's where I think this is headed, nowhere. This snake will eat its tail. When someone on the left gets to the absurd point that they can't cook Italian food anymore because that's cultural appropriation or someone on the right is told their child can't read Tom Sawyer because, along with Maus, that had to be removed from the library shelf. Or maybe there's a shortage of teachers because no one is willing to chance it. This will wind down when everyone is a little bloodied by the very stone they tossed straight up in the air that came back down on their heads. It's a dark, confusing time no doubt but it's a time of deep transition and those are always dark and confusing.