>>Apparently various education groups are advocating for dropping Shakespeare from school/university curriculums as his work “is full of misogyny, racism, homophobia, class discrimination, anti-Semitism”. I'm sure Chaucer and Dickens must be on the firing line. Homer and the Iliad also looking to be cancelled amongst many more. no doubt.
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>Back in the 70's and 80's, a common theme (with a certain level of justification) was that the religious right wanted certain books out of the public school system....titles like Catcher in the Rye, some of Vonnegut's books, some of Faulkner's books (which for me would have been OK, Faulkner was the most boring author I've ever read).
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>But for the most part, the current push for dropping is coming far more from the political left. The tables have turned. And related to that is the wide usage of the term "hate speech". When a feminist like J.K. Rowling gets accused of hate speech because of her views on transgenderism, you know you're in a weird place right now. Somewhere along the line, voicing a different opinion became a form of hate speech.

The world has changed and the pendulum still has far to swing.