Canceled And It Nearly Destroyed My Life By Lesley Hauler Summary

The first social media platform of the 21st century developed in the early 2000s with the launch of MySpace. The website achieved a million users by 2004, officially becoming the start of social media. Almost 2 decades later, the creation of YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tik Tok consumed our world. Some people showcased their life while others hid behind screens. One of the long-lasting effects of social media aroused the concept of Call Out or Cancel Culture. Lesley Hauler’s, “I was ‘Canceled’ and it Nearly Destroyed My Life”, explains how the effects of social media can cause one mistake to ruin an entire career. Hauler suggests in her article that cancel culture is a form of cyber bullying because of the emotional toll it takes on the victim. In my opinion, I agree with Hauler’s statement. People can be notoriously harsh, especially when writing comments online due to the fact they are hidden behind a screen. In 2019, Natasha Tynes was cancelled for posting a supposedly racist tweet. The author claims how she was continuously receiving malicious comments and even death threats. Most of cancel culture comes with the idea of conformity; when a user comments something harmful, others will tend to follow to do the same. As a consequence of

Nevertheless, in my opinion, there are some exceptions to this statement, such as crimes like murder. However, there are many other situations where this ideology can be put up to interpretation. Tyne’s original intentions of her tweet was not meant to be racist. She is a middle eastern, first-generation, immigrant who was simply critiquing the company, not the person. Users accused her of being racist and anti-black, which she repeatedly denied. I believe that her statement was misunderstood and taken out of context. So, in this situation Tyne should not be held responsible for the rest of her