Barack Obama calls out smug intolerance of ‘woke’ culture

The former US president was right to say that we are all flawed and that ‘cancelling’ people online and demonising them for real or perceived transgressions is wrong and akin to the public shaming of old, writes Joyce Fegan.

What would you say to, and about, your postman if you found out he’d stolen €1.75m from An Post to fund a gambling addiction? You would use many words of condemnation when talking about him to neighbours, or to strangers on Facebook. And you would feel pretty smug about your own perfectly lived life.