Rowan Atkinson says cancel culture like a medieval mob ‘looking for someone to burn’ – by NICHOLAS JENSEN Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English Strikes Again. Source:The Australian Rowan Atkinson has condemned online cancel culture and censorship, describing social media as a place where medieval mobs roam “the streets looking for someone to burn”. In an extended interview with the UK’s Radio Times, the celebrated British actor and comic criticised social media’s tendency to divide and silence public debate, saying: “It becomes a case of either you’re with us or against us. And if you’re against us, you deserve to be cancelled.” ...