Responding to a “Cancel Culture Isn’t Real” Woke Article

Originally published here by Amanda ReCupido, support her as well:

https://aninjusticemag.com/david-sedaris-isnt-afraid-of-being-cancelled-94ba9fbb155f

My responses are after the >

My friend and I had cringed through a few moments like these throughout the evening, not wanting it to dampen our enthusiasm or opinion of this beloved author, but the framing of his answer illuminated his idea of “cancellation,” as it were, is something created out of thin air, determined by an anonymous “woke mob,”

> I would posit that “anonymous” and “mob-like” are two of the closest adjectives to reality when describing the current state of culture focused on identity politics and racial justice

…..and not, in reality, consequences of real events that had been swept under the surface coming to light.

> Can’t it be both? Cancel culture originates out of just desire to hold people to consequnces, true, but it’s also indiscriminate, dangerously wrong in some cases, far less efficient than the judicial system and makes us worse as people, in my opinion.

Of course one can do something about it, I thought. You can not be an asshole. Like, for example, mocking someone who was sensitive in making sure they weren’t accidentally misgendering you.

>That’s one consequence is that someone’s feeling were hurt, but it’s also effective satire, which is a valuable tool for…