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Why Cancel Culture Is Toxic?

Why Cancel Culture Is Toxic? – Cancel culture   that charge to call-out problematic pop-culture and media elements   is a modern phenomenon. It incorporates two proclivities we’ve held onto since the 60s: counterculture, and criticism in general. It’s all wrapped up in being aware of what we consume, being aware of the powers behind the creation of work, and calling it out when it’s bad – when it irresponsibly contributes to common problems like toxicity, racism, sexism, ableism etc.

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7 Reasons Why Cancel Culture Is Toxic?

It’s hard to deny that over the past few years, there seems to be an increasing number of people who are upset at any sort of experience that doesn’t live up to their expectations. The following are seven reasons why cancel culture is toxic:

It Destroys People’s Career

Cancel culture can destroy a person’s career in a few minutes. It can be used as a weapon to ruin someone’s reputation and credibility.

It’s not just about the people who are working for you, it could be your family members, or even yourself that cancel culture could destroy. You see, once you become a victim of cancel culture, everyone will think twice before hiring you or recommending you for any job opportunity. Which means if you want to make some money through freelance work or even finding employment somewhere else after being fired from one company, cancel culture would stop it from happening at all costs.

It Hurts Creativity And The Arts

Creativity is an important part of life. It’s a part of society and culture. But when we don’t allow for art to be created, this means that people aren’t allowed to explore their creative side. This can cause emotional stress and pressure on those who wish to create but are unable to do so due to the current state of our society.

It also hurts creativity in a very real way: as someone who creates art for fun and profit, I’ve noticed an increase in how often my work is taken down from sites like YouTube or Twitter. This makes it harder for me and many others who want to pursue their passion by making videos or writing articles about their subject matter or topics.

It Damages Society As A Whole

In a world where everyone is expected to be sensitive and thoughtful, we are more likely to fear saying something wrong than we are to engage in honest discussion. Cancelation culture creates an environment where people feel like they can’t defend themselves, which can create a toxic situation when it comes to debate.

Finally, cancelation culture is hard to cancel itself because it’s so ingrained in our society that even those who don’t agree with it will often still self-censor their speech out of fear of being seen as insensitive or offensive.

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It Makes People Feel Like They Can’t Defend Themselves

Cancel culture makes people feel like they can’t defend themselves. It makes them feel like the only option is to apologize, even when that isn’t what they want to do. As it stands now, there are many people who don’t think that canceling on someone because your feelings were hurt is a valid reason because they don’t see anything wrong with it. But if you’re someone who has done this or been canceled on, then cancel culture just feels like an excuse for people who are too sensitive and need other people’s approval all the time.

It Stifles Conversation And Debate

When people are afraid to share their opinions, it creates an environment where only one perspective is allowed. And that’s not good for anyone. In fact, it can be dangerous especially when there are certain topics that you should be talking about and engaging with in order to make the world a better place.

Canceling someone’s livelihood is never OK including canceling an artist who has been accused of a crime. There are many other ways we can support survivors of sexual assault and harassment than by punishing those who haven’t been convicted in court yet or ever.

It Is Hard To Cancel The Culture Itself

First of all, the people who are involved in this culture are not going to stop. The issue will get out of hand if we do not solve it now. Secondly, those that are affected by this culture will not stop either because they have suffered more than enough already and they need someone who can help them out at any time without thinking twice about it.

And lastly, those who are not affected by this culture will continue with their lives like nothing happened because after all this drama has been going on for too long now and everyone else seems happier now so why would anyone want to change?

Creates A Sense of Insecurity Among People

Cancel culture also creates a sense of insecurity among people. As we’ve seen, when a person or group is targeted, they often cower in fear, unwilling to defend themselves or speak up for fear of being cancelled. This is because cancel culture has been normalized: it’s become something that everyone participates in and expects others to participate in as well.

Nowadays, though bullying has largely been replaced by cancel culture and even then, only certain kinds of bullying are considered acceptable, many people still feel this way today; they’re afraid that if they stand up for themselves or someone else then they’ll be punished by social media mobs for speaking their mind too loudly about an issue even if what you’re saying doesn’t actually have anything wrong with it.

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Conclusion

Cancel Culture is a toxic force that has infected our society. It is a force that destroys people’s careers, hurts creativity and the arts, damages society as a whole, and makes it difficult for us to have meaningful conversations about important issues. It stifles debate and creates a sense of insecurity among people who have their own views but don’t want to face public anger if they speak them out loud.

In short, Cancel Culture is bad for everyone except those who love being victims of social media outrage mobs and even then, it isn’t clear whether these people are happy or miserable about what they’ve done.

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