Damien Patton, founder and former CEO of Banjo, said the rise in extremism and hate groups can be fought against "if we offer a path to redemption" for those who were previously involved in such groups.

Cancel culture is seemingly a way of life in 2024, where the public ostracizes and shuns an individual and the entities with which they're associated—from business owners and CEOs to athletes and artists—for acting in ways or expressing opinions deemed unacceptable. But the Chief Executive Officer of America’s oldest anti-hate group would like to see the notion of cancel culture replaced by what he calls “counsel culture.”