READ: Can Ryan Tubridy be allowed to return to air? Thinking with Hannah Arendt on Forgiveness

Ryan Tubridy has become the lightning rod for the flashes of anger that swirl around any prominent personality today. In the world of social media today, where people have come to feel that they can exercise some personal power by the so called ‘cancelling’ of others, it is all too easy to miss the point of the role of forgiveness in human affairs. Hannah Arendt is one thinker who is good on this matter.