Yessss. I think what got me this time, reading this, is that all the things that get cancelled make the things that don't get cancelled even worse. Like, why is Fox News even still around? Or Trump, for that matter? Or people who endorse Trump? Why is Brian Kemp still governor? Why isn't the NRA held accountable and cancelled for mass shootings? If cancelling is supposed to be a form of accountability (and it's actually not, so there's dicey logic to begin with), why are all of these legitimately problematic things still with supporters that aren't cancelled for their public endorsements? I'm not saying we need more cancelling (which is as dumb as saying we need more guns), but the choice of what gets cancelled and what doesn't is . . . interesting. At best.
Yeah it's interesting that we think "accountability" (at least online) is the same thing as justice. Pursuing that "justice" for some grievance is to the neglect of other injustices. It's a bizarre way in which humans get into groupthink (or groupfeel) and ultimately decide what's valuable and what isn't. And I bet if we had actual conversations with individual people, we'd find that most folks probably prioritize other things than what they're protesting/boycotting/cancelling.
I like this a LOT and have considered sides of situations like this many times. It is hard being human, but I agree, we can all give a little more grace.
Yessss. I think what got me this time, reading this, is that all the things that get cancelled make the things that don't get cancelled even worse. Like, why is Fox News even still around? Or Trump, for that matter? Or people who endorse Trump? Why is Brian Kemp still governor? Why isn't the NRA held accountable and cancelled for mass shootings? If cancelling is supposed to be a form of accountability (and it's actually not, so there's dicey logic to begin with), why are all of these legitimately problematic things still with supporters that aren't cancelled for their public endorsements? I'm not saying we need more cancelling (which is as dumb as saying we need more guns), but the choice of what gets cancelled and what doesn't is . . . interesting. At best.
Yeah it's interesting that we think "accountability" (at least online) is the same thing as justice. Pursuing that "justice" for some grievance is to the neglect of other injustices. It's a bizarre way in which humans get into groupthink (or groupfeel) and ultimately decide what's valuable and what isn't. And I bet if we had actual conversations with individual people, we'd find that most folks probably prioritize other things than what they're protesting/boycotting/cancelling.
Incredibly well written. Very thought provoking!
Thank you!
I like this a LOT and have considered sides of situations like this many times. It is hard being human, but I agree, we can all give a little more grace.
"More grace" is definitely a good mantra.