“Cancel Culture” is Not a Real Crisis… Honestly, I’m Tired of Hearing About It
If you spend as much time on the internet as I do, you’ve probably heard of the term “cancel culture”. For the uninitiated, Merriam-Webster.com defined “canceling” as a means to “to withdraw one’s support for someone (such as a celebrity, or something, such as a company) publicly and especially on social media.”
This withdrawal of support usually pertains to a situation in which someone (often, a public figure) has said or done something unethical, discriminatory or abusive which causes people to reconsider their support. Recently, many people, from media personalities and journalists, to politicians and entertainers, have made public (and frankly, quite lazy and unoriginal) stands against cancel culture as being a supposed violation of freedom of speech and expression.
What’s ridiculous about this hysteria surrounding it is that cancel culture is not even a real “movement” or a “culture”, at least not in the way that people think it is. Think about it. Who do you know that was successfully cancelled? Can you name a celebrity, company or public figure that was successfully cancelled and never heard from again?
People say and do horrible things and bounce back often, especially in the U.S., and especially when they hold power by way of class, race and/or gender…
