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— seeing people criticize cancel culture: my thoughts // a thread
to start with, I'm not a huge fan of cancel culture. there's a lot of things I'm not a fan of: carrd activism, twitter activism, thinking that RTs + reading one resource found on twt = being educated. but in the end, these all come down to one thing I DO like — using your voice +
however small or limited, and holding someone or something accountable. personally? I think twitter is one of those places that have become heavily politicized, with 16yos who've read 1 carrd and now aggressively cancel people for not "abiding to the social justice laws listed" +
and I think cancel culture is unnecessarily aggressive. when you give a twitter-using population to engage in hate comments all against one person, it can get wild. chaotic. disgusting. but in the end, here's what it boils down to: power is very unevenly distributed. +
it's concentrated very specifically around people with big followings. all these people have to do is drop and @ and suddenly, *their* following becomes a mob. poc, queer, neurodiverse, and other people from marginalized backgrounds get hit by this the worst. what cancel +
culture manages to do is to spread the power equally. instead of a disproportionate battle, it concentrates the power of a mob — a whole group of people who, individually, wouldn't have dared to speak against this big influencer but together *can*. it makes our freedom and duty +
to keep people accountable (bc let's face it; half the good things that happen in this world would never happen if it weren't for the pressure of the PEOPLE (the other half happens purely bc it's economically or politically beneficial)) easier and more accessible. +
in conclusion: is cancel culture perfect? no! it makes me so uncomfortable! is it necessary? yes? until we find a better & more constructive way to hold people accountable, this is all we've got. it's up to the individual to make sure THEY don't become judge, jury, executioner +
don't become the monster you're advocating against, guys. don't.
(aside — also! don't devote all your energy in little battles like character rep & be silent about real life people. is rep important in fiction? yes. is it more so than lives. no.)
(aside — also! don't devote all your energy in little battles like character rep & be silent about real life people. is rep important in fiction? yes. is it more so than lives. no.)
— end thread.
