Cancel culture, a term that you’ve probably heard bounced around quite a bit in the last few years. It can be kinda confusing too, people get cancelled then un-cancelled, maybe you’re not sure what people are even cancelled for, or maybe you’re not sure why people aren’t getting cancelled for what they said. It’s a bit of a messy topic. Some of it has no right or wrong or answers while on the other hand, sometimes the answers are quite obvious. 

Cancel culture is literally all about just canceling someone. Looking at the social media aspect, it could mean fans unfollowing, reporting, blocking, or just ignoring the person who got cancelled’s page. It’s kinda a social boycott that spreads quickly, often fueled by social media outrage. Celebrities, influencers, politicians—nobody’s immune to being “canceled” these days.

It could be looked at in a couple of different ways, people trying to hold powerful people accountable for the wrongs they’ve done, twisting people’s words, or just even cancelling someone just for the sake of cancelling them – see, kinda messy, actually really messy. 

A lot of social media scrollers have also been known to dig for the dirt. Pulling up posts from way before the person got a following or even famous for bad comments, actions or remarks. I think it’s always entertaining to see how the person handles it. They either take the high road and fully acknowledge the wrong they’ve done no matter their age or circumstance or they take the low road, the “this was so long ago, I didn’t even know” not a good look on them in my opinion, just own up to it! 

The good thing about cancel culture is that it sheds light on the people you follow, who influence you, and who you trust online. I mean you wouldn’t want to support someone who didn’t align with your views and who knows you may have never known the real them if it didn’t get brought to the surface. 

In the end, cancel culture is messy. It can be empowering, but it can also be problematic. What do you think? Has the whole cancel culture gotten out of hand, or is doing its job with holding people accountable?