“Cancel culture,” as a concept, feels inescapable. The phrase is all over the news, tossed around in casual social media conversation; it’s been linked to everything from free speech debates to Mr. Potato Head.
The cancel culture is a phenomenon with wide-reaching effects on American culture in all forms. From politicians to famous authors, sports figures, entertainers, and everyone in between is effected by this phenomenon.
Cancel culture refers to the mass withdrawal of support from public figures or celebrities who have done things that aren't socially accepted today. This practice of "canceling" or mass shaming often occurs on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.
Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "cancelled".
Cancel culture or call-out culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person. Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "cancelled".
Ostracism was an Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years.
Ostracism was used to neutralize someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant though in many cases popular opinion often informed the choice regardless
The expression "cancel culture" has mostly negative connotations and is commonly used in debates on free speech and censorship
Dr. Jill McCorkel, a professor of sociology and criminology at Villanova University, told The Post that the roots of cancel culture have been present throughout human history. Societies have punished people for behaving outside of perceived social norms for centuries, she said, and this is just another variation.
#Cancel Culture has been incredibly effective at combating sexism, racism, or any other type of abuse or harmful wrongdoing to others. It’s held people accountable for their actions in ways that wasn’t possible in the past. It’s prevented shitty people from getting away with doing or saying shitty things.
Over the last few years, the social-media trend has gained momentum under the trendy new name — placing celebrities, companies and media alike under a microscope of political correctness.
cancel culture is “a cultural boycott…. It’s an agreement not to amplify, signal boost, give money to.” Essentially, when someone has said or done problematic things, either in the present or past, “the people” have the ability to stop supporting them and their work by effectively “canceling” them.
“Cancel culture” is neither a liberal conspiracy to enforce progressive norms, nor a right-wing straw man built to power the conservative outrage machine, but an ideologically neutral mechanism.
Cancel culture is also a belief that you are no better than your worst moment no matter how young you were when you transgressed, even if it was an isolated incident. A major university withdrew an admissions offer from a student because she once used the n-word in a three-second video she sent to two white friends when she was 15 years old. Having just gotten her learner’s permit, she said “I can drive [n-word].” Another student got hold of it and held onto it for years until she got her college acceptances just so he could inflict maximum damage on her at the right time.
Cancel culture also dismisses the importance of intent. A Black high school security guard was fired when he said to a Black student who had called him the n-word: “don’t call me the [n-word].” After a national uproar, he was rehired, which is fortunate because he had four kids to support and was losing his health insurance as well as his income.
Cancel culture also represents the rejection of empirical data and academic freedom. A data analyst was fired for tweeting a Princeton study that demonstrated that peaceful protest is more effective than violent protest. Speaking of Princeton, hundreds of faculty and staff demanded that they be given the power to punish faculty for “racist” research and publications. These examples represent only a small sliver of what has been happening recently.
A second claim is that cancel culture is just criticism, and if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. The two are very distinguishable in principle (and usually in practice, too). Criticism uses rational, non-coercive persuasion to influence public opinion and uncover truth. It is inherently friendly to viewpoint diversity and intellectual pluralism. Cancel culture organizes or manipulates the social or media environment to isolate, intimidate, deplatform, or demoralize political or social adversaries. It is inherently hostile to viewpoint diversity and intellectual pluralism. Criticism comes from the world of truth-seeking, cancel culture from the world of propaganda and information warfare.
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