by Ethan Carraway
In the modern world that we live in, people do terrible things all the time.
Many different celebrities and famous people have supposedly done these crimes and it’s a shame to see that they think fame will let them get away with it. Even so, countless people each year suffer financially, physically, and mentally due to cancel culture.
Cancel culture is a modern day way for bad people to be wiped off the internet because of their own acts, but what if the person didn’t commit these acts and now they have a tarnished reputation and can’t even do anything about it?
There are upsides and downsides to someone being canceled. For example, let's say a really famous Youtuber assaults someone and then tries to act like nothing happened. That’s a reasonable explanation for getting canceled. Then you have the more serious situations (which I won't mention) where it is a blessing that the said person is canceled, but what happens when the accusations are false?
I asked former newspaper writer Zachary Lozevski what his opinion on the whole ordeal is and this is what he said.
”Nine times out of ten they make a mistake and deserve to be forgiven, but sometimes it’s used correctly to cancel a person that did something really horrible and they shouldn’t be popular anymore.”
I believe that Zach makes a good point that things tend to escalate quickly especially when the person is super famous, and it can be taken too far.
Now the question is, is cancel culture the best way to disregard someone from respect in a community?
I would argue that most of the time it is not. The best option clearly is for the person to either be taken to court for the accusations and either be proven guilty or innocent. There is a rare chance where that person is wrongfully proven innocent or guilty, but statistically it’s a lot safer than trying to end someone's career over a rumor.
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