Nick Cave: Cancel culture is mercy's antithesis

Cave added: 'Political correctness has grown to become the unhappiest religion in the world'

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Nick Cave has described “cancel culture” as “bad religion run amuck” and said political correctness has an “asphyxiating effect on the creative soul of a society”.

The Bad Seeds musician said the practice of “cancelling” a high-profile figure who takes a misstep “embodies all the worst aspects that religion has to offer”.