You can’t apply cancel culture to someone in the middle of a manic episode unless you are just inhumanely vicious. People during manic episodes can lose touch with reality and say racist, sexist, and outrageous things without actually meaning them. These patients need our help.

It’s a situation where we must adamantly cancel the outrageous statements that are made without cancelling the actual human being, who is most likely in the middle of a manic episode, who is making those hurtful statements. We need more compassion and humanity on social media.

Racism, sexism, and other discriminatory, violent, and mean ideologies are everywhere in our society. They literally come from the highest levels of our government. Those with bipolar don’t have to believe them in their heart to parrot what the rest of society says all the time.