Stop Cancel Culture

Is it just me or did we grow up believing that an old dude would break into our house, judge our life, possibly leave behind coal, eat our food, and then leave without a word and think this was all okay?

Then we got older and learned that you can’t do any of those things to other people. Please don’t break into someone’s house or eat a stranger’s food….right?

Well I think the same learning curve applies to cancel culture. We as a society keep canceling people for their actions years ago. And sure, these actions may have been bad, but we also used to intake mercury, didn’t we? Over time we all learn, and until we have given someone the time to respond and learn from their mistakes, we can’t just disregard their work and existence.

If you approach someone and they deny your rights, then you should probably ignore them and live your life your own way. But if you approach them and they apologize for not understanding how their actions harmed you and self correct, then why would you ignore them? Isn’t this the end result we want?

By canceling every person over the slightest thing, we aren’t creating a more inclusive community. We are instead creating a community where people are trapped by their past selves so nobody is growing. People are hiding their actual opinions and living in a pretend bubble of safety where they don’t fight for what’s right because they are always afraid they will be wrong to someone.

My management class once taught me that the most successful teams are those that fail and succeed together. No one person is blamed for the downfalls and no one person takes credit for all the upsides. This creates an atmosphere where ideas are constantly flowing in and out and people feel comfortable enough to share them. This also creates an environment where when person falls short, the team understands that they have to build back up together.

If we have someone we feel the need to cancel, then really we should look at this as a failure of the whole team – society. Now how do we build back up as a unified team? This question is much more productive than #_____isoverparty.

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