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In This video she goes over the many points on why cancel culture needs to stop and can be considered a joke for the various reasons why people try to cancel theses people for small and harmless thing, I liked how she goes over the negatives about it and how it can be fixed

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Cancel culture has turned into something good and turned into something so terrible. Pretty much no one is safe one day you can be loved and the next day you are getting hate for a joke that a lot of people liked but just because it’s a trend people will try to get rid of you.
In its current form, cancel culture is anonymous, fuelled by a pack mentality, and intensely polarising – “I am right, you are wrong.” It teaches us that if someone does something wrong, or champions someone or something that we may not like or agree with, then we must stop supporting them immediately. No grey areas allowed: they’re cancelled, they’re finished, and their name is attached to the #IsOverParty hashtag to prove it.

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It's been a good year for cancelling. There's the pandemic, of course, which crushed all of our plans and some hopes and dreams along the way. But there were also more specific cancellations. From celebrities - Jimmy Fallon, J K Rowling and Ellen DeGeneres - to brands like SoulCycle and Oatly (as well as a fair few "normal" people), if you spoke, tweeted, or acted in an unfavourable way in 2020, chances were you'd be swiftly shunned for it.

Cancel culture - which sees individuals and brands spurned due to comments, actions or stances that some perceive to be wrong - is nothing new. "Fundamentally, cancel culture is about shame," explains chartered psychologist and author of How To Build A Healthy Brain, Kimberley Wilson. "Shame emerges in response to the feeling that we have transgressed against some agreed social rule and lost status within the group." Wilson says that evolutionary psychologists believe shame played a role in our survival - one upon a time, doing something that got us expelled from our tribe would have been life threatening.

But while being ostracised from society for wrongdoings has been a risk throughout human history, and while we've always - rightly - called attention to injustices, social media has given rise to a particularly virulent form of mob justice that is degrading our (already taxed) mental health.

"Social media has democratised shaming (we can all shame anyone we like), simultaneously expanding its reach, stripping away any mitigating or humanising context, and leaving a permanent paper trail of what might have been a momentary indiscretion," says Wilson. She believes ones of the biggest mental health risks of online cancelling is the "pile on" - the fact that within minutes a person could be verbally attacked by thousands of people. "For the 'cancelled' person it can feel as though they are being attacked by the whole world." For anyone watching, there's the feeling you could easily be next.

In its current form, cancel culture is anonymous, fuelled by a pack mentality, and intensely polarising - "I am right, you are wrong." It teaches us that if someone does something wrong, or champions someone or something that we may not like or agree with, then we must stop supporting them immediately. No grey areas allowed: they're cancelled, they're finished, and their name is attached to the #IsOverParty hashtag to prove it.

However, while calling out bad behaviour might be important, a culture that encourages people to be quick to cancel and reluctant to forgive is dangerous. It creates an environment that doesn't allow anyone to correct their behaviour (they should've known better), nor learn from their mistakes. And after all, mistakes, without sounding trite, are part of what makes us human. They're how we grow and develop as people.

"Cancel culture often denies the cancelled individual the most basic of human opportunities: to apologise and to be absolved," explains Wilson. "Because the road to redemption is blocked by the indignant mob." A quick apology is viewed as insincere, a slow one as being issued under duress, and the matter can still be resurrected days, weeks, even years later.

Children learn through mistakes. And no matter the severity of their mistake, we teach them to admit their wrongdoings, to apologise, demonstrate remorse, make amends, learn and grow. Cancel culture, by denying adults the same opportunity, disregards our imperfect nature and stymies our potential for growth.

In terms of benefits to "cancelling", there are a few. As with ancient ostracisations, the fear of shame can potentially keep our behaviour in check. Plus, it gives a voice to people who may otherwise be powerless - creating tangible consequences for those who have more power in society, such as large, multinational brands.

However, while public shaming can make an individual less likely to repeat a behaviour, and consumer opinion can lead to significant and positive shifts in a company, the majority of cancelled victims are not powerful people or brands. For every celebrity moved to sign an open letter disavowing cancel culture, there are 10 vulnerable people who quietly suffer personal, devastating harm - as well illustrated in Jon Ronson's 2015 book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed.

Ultimately, the collective bullying and cancellation of individuals for relatively minor, one-off events or comments (without the possibility of reform), often outweighs the harm caused by the actual event or comment. Should someone lose their reputation or their job - their entire livelihood, upon which perhaps their family also depends - because of one tweet? Do they deserve to have their lives torn apart, their homes targeted, death threats flooding their inboxes? It's rare that Obama and Trump agree on anything, but both have spoken out against cancel culture. Trump compared it to totalitarianism (which seems a bit rich, to be honest), while Obama observed: "The world is messy, there are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids. And share certain things with you."

Good mental health depends on flexibility, on compassion, and on understanding. It relies on apologies and forgiveness, and (like any good penal system), sees mistakes as an opportunity not for punishment, but for reform. When it comes to cancelling, don't give in to online peer pressure - do your own research and allow people to be sorry. We've all said and done stupid things that we regret. We've all made mistakes. And we all deserve second chances, even on the internet.

Wilson's advice for someone who's been cancelled:

1. Get off social media. It is utterly overwhelming to be confronted with tens or hundreds of people giving you their opinion of you or your behaviour. It is too much for us to process. Turn your phone off, uninstall the apps (at least for a while), give your phone to someone else to screen for you.

2. Try to hold on to who you know yourself to be. Those who are cancelling you are likely to be telling you what kind of person you are based on one event. But each of us is more complex than a single incident. Connect with people who truly know you.

3. Reconnect with the world. It's easy to forget in the midst of a social media storm that there is an entire planet out there where no one knows (or cares) about what you might have done. Spending some time in the real world, particularly in nature, can help to shift your perspective and remind you that, even if it feels like it, the whole world isn't out to get you.

4. Remember that cancelling is not actually about morality; it about dominance. It's not an attempt to help you be a better person or see a genuine error (people can reach out in private to do that). It's an attempt to control you. The people doing the cancelling do not have the moral high ground.

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All The Reasons Why Cancel Culture Is So Toxic For Our Mental Health

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After a year in which cancelling became the norm, Lily Silverton explores all the reasons why cancel culture is so toxic for our mental health - and shares tips on how to deal with it if you have been cancelled.

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Cancel culture can be good and actually get people that deserved to be in jail, or should be called out for there insane comments or whatever they did like Sarah Silverman, via her hilarious song about it. Sample lyric: “Jewish people driving German cars—what the cock is that shit?”) that is messed up but when you have people trying to cancel someone for

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Cancel culture-the phenomenon of deeming someone or something worthless, irrelevant, and over in response to transgressions big, small, ephemeral, and chronic-is our buzziest catchphrase as of late: There have been calls for canceling Saturday Night Live's Shane Gillis, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, and comedian Dave Chappelle in the past month alone. President Trump told the U.N. General Assembly on September 24 that "a free people must never, ever be enlisted in the cause of silencing, canceling, or blacklisting their own neighbors." (RIP, irony.) And on the Emmys red carpet, Sarah Silverman described cancel culture as "righteousness porn." I get where she's coming from, but I don't think canceling is a bad thing.

It's also not a new thing, and before we were canceling people, we were canceling brands-at least my family was. One of my earliest memories involves me walking up to the guy restocking the vending machine at my dad's tennis club and informing him that he shouldn't be putting in Nestlé Crunch bars because babies in developing countries were dying and it was Nestlé's fault. We were boycotting Nestlé to stop its aggressive marketing of formula to women in developing nations, which it eventually did (for a time). And so my parents stopped their boycott (for a time).

Canceling and boycotting are related but not the same, I want to make clear. After Nestlé changed its tune, Crunch bars were back on the menu for us because the purpose of a boycott is to effect change, and if it works, it must be followed by a reversal. Boycotts can end, but a cancel is forever. When you cancel something, it's for reasons personal and symbolic, and entails refusing to acknowledge that thing you've canceled-maybe you won't watch Chinatown anymore because it's a Polanski film-but has literally no effect on anyone but yourself.

When you cancel something, it's for reasons personal and symbolic, and entails refusing to acknowledge that thing you've canceled-but has literally no effect on anyone but yourself.

After Nestlé, German cars were my family's top nemeses-and this was a canceling, not boycotting situation. I'm Jewish, grew up in a predominantly Jewish area, and many of the Jews in my town drove Mercedes, which, once upon a time, helped provide wheels for the Nazis and used forced concentration camp labor to do it. And though Daimler-Benz has admitted its past (peep this creepily straightforward page on its website) and given millions of dollars in restitution to the families of the laborers, my parents have canceled the company forever.

To some, this kind of cancellation might seem like pointless grudge-holding, especially since practically no country is more vigilant about and intolerant of anti-Semitism now than Germany. But I understand my parents' point of view-that there is quite literally nothing the company could do that would convince them to give their money to a corporation that once aided in the effort to annihilate them-and I've adopted it. (Know who else does? Sarah Silverman, via her hilarious song about it. Sample lyric: "Jewish people driving German cars-what the cock is that shit?")

A recent brush with cancel culture for me came with the news that Stephen Ross -billionaire investor in (among other businesses) SoulCycle, Momofuku, Bluestone Lane, and Equinox-would be throwing a fundraiser at his Hamptons estate for Donald Trump's re-election. Despite public outcry from ordinary citizens and celebrities alike, the fundraiser went off without a hitch, and Ross and his cronies raised $12 million for the president.

My feeling after the Ross news broke was that I wouldn't have bought a cycling class or a cold brew from someone who'd held a fundraiser for Adolf Hitler, so I sure as hell wouldn't do what feels to me like the 2019 equivalent. The fact that I still haven't returned to any Ross-related businesses post-fundraiser is a cancel, a choice that holds no meaning beyond my personal experience: I do not want my money benefitting the agenda of a man whose ideals are abhorrent to me, even if I know withholding my money might not stop him.

Harvey Weinstein can't un-ruin the lives women he raped. Louis C.K. can't un-masturbate in front of unwilling participants. Chris Brown can't un-beat Rihanna to a bloody pulp and then get a tattoo of her battered face on his neck.

If you, like me, are someone who believes in canceling despite its inherent complexities, you apply the practice to those who have committed wrongs so atrocious, there is no action they could take to undo the damage. Harvey Weinstein can't un-ruin the lives of so many women he raped. Louis C.K. can't go back in time and not masturbate in front of unwilling participants. Chris Brown can't change his mind about beating Rihanna to a bloody pulp and then getting a tattoo of her battered face on his neck.

There's a gray area, of course, and that's where personal choice comes in. Humans are complicated and if not inherently hypocritical, easily made so via rationalization, which is why anyone looking for holes in my dedication to cancel culture will find them. For example, I get monthly iron infusions to treat my anemia in a swanky hospital building that came to be through a generous endowment from conservative billionaire David Koch, whose work against climate-change advocacy was unforgivable. I have had other unsavory associations that some would categorize as more problematic than others. In a corporate society, we all do. We rationalize the decisions we make based on a combination of what behavior we can morally tolerate and just how complicit our associations make us. Maybe we tell ourselves that a transgressor's crimes were the result of extreme emotional duress, mental illness, or addiction (the image of John Galliano, drunk, ranting about the greatness of Hitler comes to mind). In these gray-matter cases, I say this: There is no we, there is only you.

Let's stick with Louis C.K. I get into one particular argument a lot when I talk about #MeToo with men-even super-progressive men-who seem to think that there is a spectrum of bad behavior and only so much comeuppance to go around. "What Louis C.K. did wasn't as bad as what Harvey Weinstein did," one might say, to which I respond, "Duh." But not being as bad as someone else doesn't get you off the hook, at least not for me. C.K. might have ended up absolved in my eyes had he stayed away and reflected; had he dedicated his time and money to helping the women he harmed and women in general; had he taken steps to level the playing field for women in comedy, who are at a distinct disadvantage in an industry that still (even if it says so in more whispered tones now) thinks men are funnier.

Instead, he took the stage at a club on Long Island after a brief hiatus and worked out material that targeted the children of Parkland, Florida. That night moved Louis C.K. from the "boycott" column into the "cancel" one for me. He could go on an apology tour for the rest of his life and I wouldn't trust it-but someone else might. What warrants undoing a cancel (cancel cancel, if you will), and rethinking your intent to write off someone or something forever, comes down to your comfort level.

After proudly joining the Women's March the day after Trump's election, I canceled the march the following year, after members of the board repeatedly defended their admiration of transphobic, homophobic anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan and bungled their apology when public pressure finally forced them to give one. Now most of those board members have stepped down, and time will tell how the new leadership does in protecting all its sisters in arms. I am eagerly anticipating (or at least hoping) to cancel my cancel.

My cancel cancel policy isn't liberal enough for everyone; psychologist Pamela Paresky, PhD, wrote an essay for Psychology Today called The Apocalyptic Cult of Cancel Culture, which argues that society's penchant for canceling requires perfection, destroys the possibility of redemption, and represents a nihilistic worldview. In a cancel culture, we appoint ourselves the arbiters of right and wrong and also the judge and jury, because thanks to social media, we get to dole out punishment, at warp speed, scattershot.

In Dr. Paresky's view, by crossing people out-it's worth noting private citizens are her focus, not celebrities, politicians, corporations, or other public entities-we not only discourage them from learning from their mistakes but sometimes ruin their lives for relatively minor and/or fleeting errors in judgment. Her point-and Silverman's-is a worthy one: We are too quick to judge. We are too schadenfreudey when it comes to wanting to see people suffer. I definitely agree that only good could come from every one of us taking a deep breath and maybe a walk before tweeting anything ever, for we are never so eager to share as when we are riled-up and thirsty for revenge.

People are surely fallible, and redemption is a valuable principle-but it's not always that simple. As I continue to struggle to understand my own feelings about cancel culture, redemption, and what we gain (and lose) from such a punitive practice, the example that has clarified things the most for me is the story of someone far less powerful or nefarious than Stephen Ross or Louis C.K. or even Paris Hilton (I seem to be the only one who recalls that time she was caught on video giddily bragging that she was "dancing like a [n-word]"-only she said the word): It's Lauren Duca. I was a fan of her Teen Vogue work and her funny-but-biting tweets. But in the wake of some bad press and in the lead-up to her upcoming book release, BuzzFeed published a piece that led me to reconsider my stance. The most salient details to me were the old tweets the author hyperlinked in order to flesh out Duca's character and evolution.

rethink this ma'am............... pic.twitter.com/qaukrGE7wL
- Katherine Krueger (@kath_krueger) January 15, 2019

These tweets do not undo my previous positive feelings about Duca's writing and some of her work. And I don't envy her now that people (myself included now) are dredging up and publishing some of her most unflattering social media moments. I don't hate Lauren Duca. But these tweets, yes, they cancel her for me.

She (a bit sarcastically at first, then earnestly) apologized for them. She said that she's grown as a person and was in a place of self-hatred at the time that she wrote them. Good for her. But I can't forgive the impulse to tweet such nasty things about people who already know they're outsiders without Lauren Duca telling them so. And there are enough other bright, funny feminists I can follow instead.

For me, canceling isn't about having an apocalyptic worldview, it's about the exact opposite: wishing that people were better, kinder, more empathic, compassionate, and good. It's about being able to look myself in the mirror and feel okay about who and what I support. If you can do that after watching old episodes of Louie or enjoying a ride at SoulCycle, that's okay-freedom of speech and choice still exist in this country (for now)-but I probably won't be joining you.
Now that you're clear on the differences between boycotting and cancel culture, let's focus on activism: Here's how to navigate protests when you have social anxiety. Plus, what you can do to fight anti-abortion legislation.

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Cancel culture-the phenomenon of deeming someone or something worthless, irrelevant, and over in response to transgressions big, small, ephemeral, and chronic-is our buzziest catchphrase as of late: There have been calls for canceling Saturday Night Live's Shane Gillis, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, and comedian Dave Chappelle in the past month alone.

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Are Jimmy Fallon, Jodie Comer, Lana Del Rey, J.K. Rowling and Ellen DeGeneres really canceled? Getty Images

Is it time to throw the #CancelCultureIsOverParty yet?

"Jeopardy!" producer Mike Richards is among the latest of the cancellable celebrities, right after Chris Harrison stole the cancel culture show on "The Bachelor" earlier this year.

Even Dr. Seuss and Eminem (sort of) have found themselves among the famous figures who were declared "over."

Meet the celebrity "casualties" of cancel culture 2021.

The cancelation debate heated up last summer after Twitter users took to the digital platform to condemn Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling for making anti-trans comments along with denouncing singer-rapper Doja Cat's racist chatroom past and former "Glee" star Lea Michele's alleged mistreatment of co-stars. By July, the focus had lasered in on talk show host DeGeneres (complete with a death hoax) and "Killing Eve" star Jodie Comer's rumored conservative boyfriend.

The hits kept coming through the fall and haven't stopped - even for beloved kids movies. Disney+ announced that they'd be putting a filter on old classics such as "Dumbo" and "The Aristocats" over racist imagery. A sequel to "Space Jam" will notably leave out the creepily persistent Pepe Le Pew. And Millennial parents are done with Dr. Seuss books after realizing the harmful stereotypes depicted in his books.

But what does it really mean to get the #RIP treatment - and will society ever declare it to be over, too?

Cancel culture - the phenomenon of promoting the "canceling" of people, brands and even shows and movies due to what some consider to be offensive or problematic remarks or ideologies - isn't all that new.

Dr. Jill McCorkel, a professor of sociology and criminology at Villanova University, told The Post that the roots of cancel culture have been present throughout human history. Societies have punished people for behaving outside of perceived social norms for centuries, she said, and this is just another variation.

"Cancel culture is an extension of or a contemporary evolution of a much bolder set of social processes that we can see in the form of banishment," she said. "[They] are designed to reinforce the set of norms."

Over the last few years, the social-media trend has gained momentum under the trendy new name - placing celebrities, companies and media alike under a microscope of political correctness.

Here's a brief rundown of what's been canceled lately.

Mike Richards

What is: problematic. Richards was forced to step down from his role as "Jeopardy!" host after allegations surfaced that he was sexist and had reportedly harassed female employees. "We had hoped that when Mike stepped down from the host position at 'Jeopardy!' it would have minimized the disruption and internal difficulties we have all experienced these last few weeks. That clearly has not happened," reps for the show said before announcing his exit.

Joe Rogan

The controversial podcaster has been canceled time and time again for his conservative political beliefs and offensive comments. Most recently, he was canceled for his anti-vaccination comments. On an episode of his own podcast, Rogan complained that white men are "oppressed" because his opinions are seen as offensive or politically incorrect.

Disney classics

Children under 7 will now be forbidden from watching "Dumbo," "Peter Pan" "Swiss Family Robinson" and the "The Aristocats." Settings on the app will prevent the movies from even showing up on the young viewers' profiles. Disney explained its rationale behind each film's removal on the kid-focused Stories Matter section of their website.

They cited "Dumbo's" (1941) infamous singing crows, which "pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations."

Piers Morgan

Last month, the TV personality lost yet another on-air gig with " Good Morning Britain," a decision that came seven years after he was originally canceled in 2014, along with his show on CNN. The controversial host confirmed that he left "GMB" because he refused to apologize for disbelieving Meghan Markle's claims of suicidal ideation as a royal. In a letter to his fans posted on Instagram, Morgan wrote: "This is not simply an act of defiance, but a commitment to our collective futures."

Dr. Seuss

The once irreproachable children's book author has been the subject of racial reckoning. On March 2 - what would have been the late author and illustrator's 117th birthday - the company that oversees Seuss' publications announced that they were pulling licensing rights to six titles, due to racially insensitive depictions of Asian and Black characters.

These books - which include "And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "Scrambled Eggs Super!" -- "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong," Dr. Seuss Enterprises said in a statement to the Associated Press.

JK Rowling

She's no stranger to controversy. The infamous author has been canceled multiple times over the years, specifically for negative comments about people identifying as transgender. Earlier this year, a Harry Potter-themed segment at a book festival was canceled due to Rowling's insensitive remarks online, the latest in her cancel culture controversy.

Eminem

This one may be an example of cancel culture turning on itself. Gen Zers were schooled by Millennials after they attempted to cancel the rapper over his angst-filled lyrics.

The controversy kicked off in February when a "zoomer" (or Gen Z member) posted a TikTok clip condemning the rapper's 2010 hit "Love the Way You Lie," featuring Rihanna, for reportedly glorifying violence against women. They highlighted the verse "If she ever tries to f-king leave again I'ma tie her to the bed and set this house on fire."

The hater's on-camera diss caused 30-somethings to - in the words of an Eminem song title - "just lose it," as many of them grew up on the 48-year-old Detroit native's tunes.

One inspired TikTok sketch depicts an Eminem-loving millennial having a mock argument with himself as a Gen Zer, who says, "We gotta cancel Eminem." The millennial responds, "Why?" and is then asked by his offended younger doppelgänger, "Have you heard his lyrics?"

The creator, back to playing his millennial Fireball-drinking self, responds: "Heard 'em? I was raised screaming them all through grade school."

'Space Jam'

The serial harasser Pepé Le Pew was canceled from "Space Jam 2." Producers decided to cut one of Pepé's star scenes in the sequel, in which the character is depicted as a flirty bartender who insists on kissing a female customer (played by Greice Santo) despite her many objections.

According to Deadline, the scene also sees pro baller James take Pepé aside to explain the concept of "consent" as the flirtatious skunk admits that his longtime love, Penelope Pussycat, had filed for a restraining order against him - a troubling statement to come from a children's cartoon.

Gina Carano

Carano, 38, who played bounty hunter Cara Dune in the first two seasons of "The Mandalorian," was fired from the show for her controversial social media posts.

Lucasfilm made no secret of why she was canceled, ripping "her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities," which it called "abhorrent and unacceptable."

Carano's most controversial message - and the one that appears to have been the final straw - came when she shared an image from Nazi Germany and compared it to today's overheated political climate.

"Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors.... even by children," her post stated.

Central Park Karen

This popular request amongst the platform's users actively encourages a person to be put under the microscope. Twitter's users are often known for their FBI-like investigative skills - digging up past dirt, old secrets and discovering people's identities - and are now being utilized in the resurgence of cancel culture.

Users are uncovering the identities of people expressing racist comments in viral videos, with one recent victim being Amy Cooper, 41, otherwise known as "Central Park Karen." The video featured the white woman calling the police on a black man, Christian Cooper (no relation), 57, who requested her dog be put on a leash.

"Karen" promptly told authorities an "African-American man is threatening my life," all whilst seemingly strangling her dog. After the video racked up millions of views, she was fired from her investment firm job, temporarily forced to surrender her dog and charged with one count of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree. The viral clip also spawned new hate crimes legislation.

Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY's Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDm
- Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) May 25, 2020

Celebrities are joining the cancel-culture call to action, too.

Actress-writer Skai Jackson, 18, took to Twitter last month to expose a high-school student featured in a viral video screaming racial slurs. She identified his name, prospective college and Instagram handle.

In the thread, her followers used it as an opportunity to expose other people's offensive posts, starting a chain of ultimate Twitter investigative work in the name of canceling racists. Pop singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, 35, experienced similar backlash after making comments about fellow female recording artists - many of them women of color.

The collective canceling of someone, even on the internet, creates a sense of solidarity, McCorkel explained, and reinforces the feeling of togetherness, that "we are a group...and we don't tolerate that kind of behavior."

"It reinforces, at a time of political division, a sense of shared solidarity, at least among the people who are doing the canceling," she said. "It's psychologically intoxicating to feel part of a group and to feel a part of something larger than yourself."

Popular Twitter accounts like @YesYoureRacist and @RacistOTW have become the pop-culture racism watchdogs. They've made it their civic duty to scrutinize the actions of average people and public figures alike, shedding light on previously overlooked or unknown incidents.

Uncle Ben's, Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth

Cancel culture, though, isn't exclusive to celebrities. Companies and brands are under fire for racist imagery.

After facing backlash for perpetuating racist stereotypes, the 130-year-old Aunt Jemima breakfast brand is getting a makeover. Similarly, Uncle Ben's and Mrs. Butterworth's brands might be next.

Popular vegan recipe creator, formerly named "Thug Kitchen," also underwent a rebrand, revealing its new name as "Bad Manners" last month. Eskimo Pies, owned by Dreyer's, and Cream of Wheat also followed suit.

Sports teams began to jump on board, too. After years of criticism, the Washington Redskins are finally brainstorming a new team name, inspiring the Cleveland Indians to consider doing the same.

#IsOverParty members apologize

With cancel culture comes apologies for the actions that caused the cancellation in the first place.

The #IsOverParty is an ode to cancel culture, most recently used to cancel Jimmy Fallon after a video resurfaced of him in blackface imitating Chris Rock. While #JimmyFallonIsOverParty was quick to trend on Twitter, some users were quick to condemn his cancellation.

"The culture of canceling people is ridiculous. Jimmy Fallon did this 20 years ago when he was young and had to listen to his boss in order to put food on his table," wrote one user in the thread.

The 45-year-old talk show host has since apologized, writing on Twitter that it was a "terrible decision" to wear blackface, that he is "very sorry" and thanked his fans for holding him accountable for his actions, despite how long ago it was.

McCorkel acknowledged that we are quick to cancel and not so quick to forgive or believe that people can learn from mistakes, but as someone who has extensive knowledge of the criminal justice system, she has been witness to people changing.

"I know that people are capable of rehabilitation," she said, adding that she's seen it happen and that people can grow if given the chance.

Twitter's ability to dredge up old, problematic content is creating new problems for other celebrities, too. YouTubers Jenna Marbles, whose real name is Jenna Mourey, and Shane Dawson recently faced criticism for donning blackface on their channels years ago. Mourey even decided to call it quits over the incident.

Columbus Day

As Americans realize the racist history of the US, many holidays, monuments and traditions have come under fire and subsequently been "canceled." Columbus Day - to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America- is not exempt. Now in many states, the day is instead "Indigenous Peoples Day," to remember the genocide of native people on the land settlers colonized. But not everyone is thrilled about the change. Those who are adamant about tradition and keeping even the ugly parts of our history see the cancellation of Columbus as a complete erasure of our country's foundations.

Canceling "cancel culture"

This week, Harper's Magazine published an open letter calling to do away with cancel culture altogether, denouncing the movement as "censorious" and "an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming and ostracism and the tendency to dissolve complex policy issues in a blinding moral certainty."

Many Twitter users responded to the open letter - which was signed by more than 150 public figures, including Margaret Atwood, 80, and Rowling, 54 - in disgust, arguing that bigotry, like they believe many of the signers are guilty of, is not free speech.

Eugene Gu, the CEO of CoolQuit.com with almost 500,000 followers on Twitter, responded to the letter in a tweet, saying, that while he believes in free speech, "Many of the signatories on this letter...believe in free speech for themselves and horrible consequences for those who disagree with them." In a subsequent tweet, the 34-year-old added that racism, sexism and homophobia are not free speech, because it is discriminatory to others.

"This rigidity right now in American political discourse is problematic because you really can't have a high-functioning democracy without people being willing to engage one another in meaningful ways to hash out their political disagreements," she said.

She acknowledged that while it depends greatly on the issue at hand, there's a difference between canceling a type of behavior that is collectively agreed on as "bad" - using #MeToo and condemning workplace sexual harassment, for example - and canceling one particular person without discourse.

"We have to be able to come together across those political differences and sort out what are the optimal solutions," she said. "We can't do that if we are dug into our respective trenches and unwilling to engage across those political divides."

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What is cancel culture? Everything to know about the toxic online trend

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Cancel culture - promoting the "canceling" of people, brands and even shows and movies due to what some consider to be offensive or problematic remarks or ideologies - isn't all that new.

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cancel culture is a form of group shaming, often social media–based, usually targeted at celebrities and other notable public figures. Canceling someone is a public reaction to a particular person's objectionable opinions or actions usually takes the form of a de facto boycott of the target's work and an online campaign to draw attention to the perceived offenses and damage the wrongdoer's cultural reputation. Cancel culture can be for anything and I mean anything even if your right or wrong.  Some targets of cancel culture have been fired or suspended by their employers, inhibiting their ability to earn money. Celebrities may retreat entirely from public life as a result, though this is often temporary.

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