Cancel culture is bad not only because it can destroy a person’s life, but it negatively effects everyone else as well- by robbing them of their rights to decide and choose for themselves. Let’s take book burning and banning for example.
When people burn or ban books and their authors, not only are they destroying the lives of the authors, but they’re also robbing others who may want to order them their right to read them and choose for themselves whether they like them.
If I find a book in a bookstore and I like the title, cover, and the synopsis on the back jacket, then I want to read it. You may not like the book, it’s author, title, or cover, but it doesn’t mean that someone else won’t.
Understand that cancel culture only infringes on our rights to choose what we want to read, watch, buy, or consume. Who is anyone else to try and choose for us? Who do they think they are?
If you are a part of the cancel culture crowd, then yes! I’m talking directly to you. I ask again. Who do you think you are? Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot read, watch, consume, or purchase?
Not only am I speaking for myself, but also for every single person that values their right to decide and to choose.
If you don’t like something, fine. You have a right not to like it and you have a right not to have anything to do with it. What you don’t have a right to do is take away others’ choice to see it, judge for themselves, and like it.
Cancel culture violates the personal boundaries of everyone! It seeks to tell you what it thinks you should do. It tells you what to read, watch, eat, use, and who to associate with. In short, cancel culture strips us all of our God-given rights to self-determination.
But isn’t that what all bullies do, strip their targets (and everyone else) of their right to choose? Their right to have an opinion? Their right to speak and to have dignity? Their rights to self-determination?
Of course. With that said, anyone who participates in cancelling a person or entity is a bully! Period. Full stop. And I can’t stomach a bully!
The alternative to cancel culture is using common sense. In other words, if you don’t like someone, don’t associate with the person but don’t take away my right to decide that I want to associate with them. If you see an item for sale in a store and you don’t like it, then don’t buy it but don’t take away my right to choose and buy it.
If you don’t like the brand or, more appropriately, if the brand “offends” you, don’t buy it.
If you don’t like or are offended by the show, don’t watch it.
If you don’t like the person or are offended by them, stay away from them and have nothing more to do with them.
If you don’t like the business or are offended by it, don’t patronize it.
If you don’t like the book, don’t read it.
Do you see how this works? It’s that simple.
It’s high time that more people learn to adopt this way of living. It’s high time that more people rise up and push back against this senseless, moronic scourge called cancel culture. It’s also high time we push back against anyone who participates in it and condones it and the sooner we begin doing these things, the sooner our freedoms of choice and self-determination will be restored.
With knowledge comes empowerment!
Could not have said it better myself!!
Thank you so much, CG! 💖
I completely agree. 100%.
Thank you so much! 💞
No. thank YOU! We need more people like you and I who will take a stand and fight for our rights.
My pleasure! 💖 And you’re right, we do! 💯
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YESSSSSSS!!! One of the most sensible posts I’ve read on this topic.
Thank you so much! 💖😊🤗
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I completely agree! There’s something so controlling about cancel culture – and it’s bullying on a large scale.
Absolutely, Sara. And it’s no wonder schools and workplaces won’t address it, it’s because the entire system promotes it.
That’s so true. It’s terrible for people’s mental health and for individuality.
It surely is! 💯
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I detest cancel culture, because it is so easily turned into a vehicle for judgement and bullying. It’s also used as a stick to beat people with. Great post!
You’re absolutely right on both points, Helen! 💯 Thank you so much for your spot-on comment! Cancel culture is something that should be outlawed and I have a feeling it will be later down the road.
So we’ll said.
Thank you so much! 🤗🤗🤗
OOh, I am so in agreement with this post! You have said it well. As a grown adult woman with a little bit of life experience, I do not need anyone else telling me what to think or do! Excellent post! Best Wishes! Leigh
Thank you so much, Leigh! 💖And you aren’t the only one, honey! I think there are scores of people who are thoroughly sick of this mess! God bless you!
Very good Cherie. Cancel culture has been going on for centuries, the difference is there are more social channels to get it out there faster. It can destroy lives, quite often from the spread of a wildfire of lies. I don’t care who you are, how much money you have or what political side of the aisle you are on, it comes from everywhere and it is not ok. Yet all too often, people point fingers when they don’t have the facts. We have the right to disagree, but being brutal is a horse of a different color. Thanks so much for sharing this message. 👏🏼💖🤗
You’re most welcome, Kym! And you’re absolutely right with everything you say here, sweetie! Cancel culture is wrong no matter what side of the isle you’re on and wrong is wrong no matter who’s doing it! This is such an excellent and well-thought out comment! 🤗😘🤗😘 Hugs and smooches, dahhh-ling!
Thank you too Cherie. I appreciate the way you tackle some tough topics to talk about! It makes us put on our thinking caps! 🤔 Awesome sauce! 👍🏽😁💖😘💐🤗
My pleasure, dahhh-ling! 💞💞💞
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Here is the problem though. I generally agree with what you say but there are things like libel which aren’t legal but you have certain companies and websites that knowing allow it and then hide behind the Communication Decency Act Section 230 to see they hold no responsibility. Sometimes ignoring something is not enough. For example let’s say someone creates a website telling blatant lies about you. You may simply try to ignore it but others are reading it and it can destroy yours or someone else’s reputation. My point being is no cancel culture is not good but it isn’t a straight up black and white issue either.Because a company or website that allows bullying and does zero about it is a bully as well.
You’re absolutely right! And companies do allow it. Our very government is allowing it too!
Our current administration encourages it. And now, Barack Obama came out calling for more censorship. He was the one who teamed up with Facebook, Twitter and Google to censor people in the first place. My view is this: the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United that corporations have the same rights as humans. If that’s the case, then corporations are subject to the same laws and obligations as humans. That means they are obligated to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution if they want to do business in the United States. And that means upholding and defending Free Speech.
BINGO! You said it all right there, Dawn! And they need to strip these people and entities of power once and for all!
Agree 100%!
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That just means we have to fight harder to prove that what they are saying about is is lies. it is up to us to prove them wrong.
That’s right! And that means we must do our own digging and investigations, and that also means investigation of the sources from which the information or misinformation came.
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Yes! That’s the question! Who do these people think they are, anyways? They have no right or authority to tell me or anybody else what to think, what to read, who to vote for. Excellent post!
Thank you so much, Dawn! 💖 I’m just sick of these types of people trying to control us! 😡We can make our own choices!
Preach it, Sister! Right on.
Thank you so much, Jack! 🤗 I think we’re all sick of the Cancel Culture and, in my not-so-humble opinion, it should be outlawed!
This was the new word that I came across and the awareness you bought through this article is commendable 🙏🙏
Thank you so much! 💖It’s high time that someone addressed it. However, there are still many who are afraid to do so for fear that it’ll piss off certain people and entities! I’m not afraid of pissing anyone off. I’ve been pissing people (bullies) off my whole life just by existing, thriving, and living a good life, LOLOL, so it just doesn’t bother me. Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
Way to go mam, no worries 🤗🤗 and no one can stop anyone even those bullies, just keep preaching mam 🙏🙏
I sure will! 🤗Thank you so much! 💖
You Go GIRL!. I am NOT afraid of pissing people off either. I will ALWAYS be on the side of FREE SPEECH! These bullies will NEVER be able to shut me up. The more they try, the louder I get.
Now you’re my kind of warrioress, Jeanne! Thank you so much for joining the fight, girl! 💖💖💖
We warrioress have to stick together. 🙂
Absolutely we do! 💯💯💯
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Bravo! Bravo! You hit the nail on the proverbial head! Excellent!
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Thank you so much! You don’t know how I appreciate this! 💖💖💖
Yes. I keep saying that agreeing to disagree is the right attitude. Banning books is wrong. As writers, we appreciate the implications more than any other group. As for facts, we as writers have an obligation to verify the veracity of a piece of information. Plagiarism too is a lazy way to perpetuate lies. Writers have a responsibility to maintain a healthy attitude of truth so book banning is seen as a negative.
Absolutely right, Sue! Thank you so much for posting such an insightful and well-thought out comment! You don’t know how much I appreciate it. 💖💖💖
Of course, Cherie. As writers we help people to think about things. So I think we both can encourage critical thinking without accepting violent, uncivilized interaction. I like to think that we can make a difference😁
Absolutely we can, Sue. We can respect each others’ opinions even through we don’t always agree with them. This is one of those values that we need to bring back.
I so agree… well put Cherie!
Thank you so much, Karima! 💖🤗💞
Well said! There’s an old English expression, “to send someone to Coventry”, (maybe you heard of it?), which sounds very much like an earlier version of “cancel culture”.
Wow! I’ve heard of that but it’s been many years ago. Thank you for unearthing that forgotten memory, Peter! 😀
You’re welcome Cherie!
“Quando as pessoas queimam ou proíbem livros e seus autores, não apenas estão destruindo a vida dos autores, mas também estão roubando outros que podem querer ordenar a eles o direito de lê-los e escolher por si mesmos se gostam deles”. Elas estão tirando o direito de cada ser adquirir o conhecimento, não há como se desenvolver que não seja através dos livros. Somos seres acuturaveis.
Translating the part-“They are taking away the right of every being to acquire knowledge, there is no way to develop it other than through books. We are acculturate beings.”
This is very well-said! Thank you so much for this very intelligent and insightful comment! You couldn’t have said it any better than this! 🙂🙂🙂
Labeling the Cancer crowd bullies is priceless! I totally agree with you.
Thank you so much, Debby! This means more than you know! 💖🌺💐
Die Geistlosigkeit hat viele Gesichter … Bananen essen ist Affensache. 😉
And absolutely brilliant, timely, and sadly, a much needed post! Thank you so much, CG. 😃💕
You’re most welcome, Carolyn! And thank you so much for reading and commenting! 💞💞💞
My pleasure, Cherie! I simply love your blog. 😃💕
Awww, this means a lot! 💖🌹🌺💐💞
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