Cancel culture is so toxic and spiteful. It's the complete antithesis to everything I stand for and believe in. It makes me so heartsick to see people that can't find it within their hearts to forgive people or to believe in the possibility of positive change in those people.

Punishing people for things in their past, without acknowledging the possibility of change or the concept of learning from mistakes, is everything that is wrong in our society and our world.

People can change. People can grow. Mob bullying them does not encourage change, but instead fosters negativity, bitterness, shame, self-hate, suicide, and a LACK of positive change.

When was the last time you improved something about yourself based on shame, self-hate, bitterness, and resentment? Probably never. Do you know why? Because encouragement and forgiveness are what foster true change in people.

If I yell at my daughter and scold her for doing something wrong, it doesn't change her behavior. It makes her hurt, upset, sad, angry, bitter, etc. It causes her to lash out and fosters more negative behavior.

The same is true for ALL humans.

So I personally think it's wrong to aim cancel culture at anyone, regardless of what they've done. But especially if it was done in their past when they were young and stupid and still learning and growing. So many people campaign and rally around the concept of "correction" and

training and counseling for criminals in jail, but will turn about and mob-bully someone online because of mistakes in their past that they've clearly grown from and have apologized and treated people better since then.

How does that make sense?

You can't pick and choose who gets a second chance. Either everyone deserves second chances, or no one does. And if no one does, then guess what - you better pull out a mirror and look at your own mistakes.

We've ALL done things we wish we could change.

It's wrong to bully someone because their mistakes, while pretending you're a white knight whom has never made any mistakes in your life either. Regardless of the level of mistake.

There is a difference between a person who made a mistake, regrets it, and is trying to grow from it - and a person who did something and will continue to do something becausr they can't fathom why it's wrong.

Frankly, bullying isn't going to do anything to either person.

It only reflects poorly on yourself, and the ugliness within your own heart.