Argument Map for Cancel Culture by Keith Nguyen

Should we continue to use cancel culture?

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 21:55:47 UTC

Yes

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 21:55:55 UTC

No

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 21:56:01 UTC

Cancel culture helps people seek accountability where the justice system fails.

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 22:01:55 UTC

This practice allows people to be punished by the public instead of the government. It mainly focuses on immoral or unethical thoughts and actions that do not break the law but rather mentally hurt others.

Cancel culture is like cyber bullying.

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 22:02:57 UTC

When someone is canceled, they are no longer tolerated by society. Social media will turn against them, and they will either ignore the individual's presence or send hateful messages.

Cancel culture gives a voice to less powerful people.

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 22:04:50 UTC

Social media's hypersocial nature has created a virtual collective consciousness where the thoughts and beliefs of individuals are merged. This allows the ordinary people to come together and have a voice that can rival public figures.

Cancel culture is not productive.

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 22:05:30 UTC

The people carrying out this practice believe that they are being activists who are bringing change. Calling people out and shaming them is not activism. Society is not actually changing, instead they are changing who is seen and has power. Social media as a whole has kept this same sad and mad side after canceling numerous people.

Cancel culture is a form of boycott meant to bring social change.

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 22:06:41 UTC

The central idea of cancel culture lies in getting rid of the bad or evil people in society. This way social media does not have any bad influences on others and especially children.

Cancel culture does not follow a strict line of acceptability.

krn35_ — 2023-11-10 22:09:59 UTC

There is no definite line that one most cross to be canceled. The vague and wide range of reasons to be canceled depends on if the action is tolerated by the public, but that is subjective. So if someone is canceled, then they may not know the entire reason for their silencing.

Penalty worse than the action.

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 18:01:45 UTC

In many of these cases the response is more unacceptable than the initial act. Some people take it a step further by sending the target death threats.

A hostile society prevents freedom of speech.

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 18:06:08 UTC

People with differing opinions and beliefs may not want to voice them because it is different from the majority. This threatens the idea that freedom of speech can be expressed freely on social media.

Victims may not change.

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 18:32:01 UTC

The people who are being canceled do not see messages encouraging them to change. Their resentment will more often than not make them depressed, which will make it harder for self improvement. For those that want to change themselves, they might know where to begin because their reasoning of being canceled is too vague.

Can people be uncanceled?

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 18:36:53 UTC

The vague line of acceptability causes many people to wonder how they are supposed to improve themselves. However, if people do change, then are they reinvited to participate freely in social media? How are they supposed to prove themselves to others?

Discussions online rather than in person.

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 19:06:50 UTC

Social media has introduced new platforms for people to connect and interact from anywhere in the world. Now conversations and debates can happen at anytime with any amount of people. This is supported by the idea of a hypersocial society where everyone is continuously connected to the internet.

Allows people to change.

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 19:14:42 UTC

When someone gets canceled, they should recognize the controversial issues with their words or actions. With this new realization they should go to therapy to improve themselves.

Everyone is on the same playing field.

krn35_ — 2023-11-11 19:19:01 UTC

Anyone can be canceled. No matter how great and influential things a person has done, they can always have a different area of themselves that needs improvement. Celebrities cannot avoid cancel culture either. In fact, they are now held to a higher standard than anyone else because they hold more influence.