Sean Penn, Conan O’Brien Denounce Cancel Culture, Calling it ‘Soviet’ | The Daily Wire

Sean Penn, Conan O’Brien Denounce Cancel Culture, Calling it ‘Soviet’ | The Daily Wire: It seems even Hollywood’s most notorious left-wing activists are waking up to the dangers of cancel culture. In the July 5 episode of the podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” the recently retired host of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” asked veteran actor Sean Penn about the trend of destroying careers for past political incorrectness. “Empathy is a very important word and also forgiveness,” said O’Brien. “We found that someone did something in 1979 that is now not appropriate. They’re dead to us.” O’Brien went on to describe cancel culture as “very Soviet,” saying, “People can also be forgiven. If they even need forgiving. What happened to that?”