Cancel culture is a terrifying 1 strike and you’re out system with no ability to say your side or even have your side of events acknowledged.

Cancel culture is even worse when it digs up things people did years ago that hey have apologized and no longer stand for

It’s awful honestly. We’ve all done or said ignorant or hurtful things at some point in our lives. The idea that somebody could bring up something we said or did in the past that we’re personally ashamed of today, and use it to vilify us, it a terrifying one.

There’s another reason why “cancelling” somebody over something they said or did years ago that they no longer stand by is awful as well. If a person is condemned for something they did in the past, regardless of how much time has passed, then what motivation do people have to change?

And also, everyone fucks up. But you can always do better, and we need to make space for people who want to be better.