The Pros And Cons Of Cancel Culture

Social media enables people to interact with each other in various unexpected ways. It is supposed to be where people can express themselves without being judged based off their past, present, or future views or actions. However, over time, it has come to people being shunned, or cancelled by the internet and their supporters for participating in acts known to be socially unacceptable. To some, cancel culture allows for those in the wrong to be called out properly and not keep their actions in the dark. In some respects, this is good, but what about the people watching it happen or those it happened to? It easily does the opposite of what was intended to. Cancel culture does more harm than good because it creates a hostile environment across

They do not show the hate received behind the posts and how it affects them daily. Cancel culture intensifies it by broadcasting the person(s) to a bigger audience, setting them up for an ambush. It indicts hate and oppression instead of providing a way for them to honor their feelings and take accountability. According to Gomez, “The goal of cancel culture is to make decent Americans live in fear of being fired, expelled, shamed, humiliated and driven from society as we know it,’” (qtd in Norris 150). It distances people from each other and creates trust issues with the internet because cancel culture’s purpose has shifted from seeking accountability to bullying without consequence. Removing the fun that is supposed to be social

Which they take in and try to understand themselves. They also take in continuous hatred which leads to a decrease in the mental health of both cancellers and cancelled. Jusay expresses how, “Social media users frequently interested in cancel culture circumstances tend to criticize the victim in more intimate, embarrassing, and demeaning ways.” (10). The users, usually young or apart of generation z, take it upon themselves to harass and threaten, or bully, the victims in an attempt of serving justice. Without thinking of how it will affect the person they are attacking; the internet continues to dimmish the mental health of