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Cancel Culture
On Accountability, Judgment, and Reflection: How, When, and Why
Forgiveness, as we know, is a uniquely Christian virtue. Others may forgive, but only Christians have such a solid basis for forgiveness. As C.S. Lewis says, ‘To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.’
In recent times, mass canceling and writing people off have fast become a trend — quick, isolating, career-ending, and fate-defining and punctuated heavily by the growth of social media.
Though celebrities and public figures are seen to be the direct recipients of the cancel culture, it really cuts across different levels of society. One thing we know, this culture isolates, and there is nothing more threatening especially for young people than the feeling of isolation.
Every day, the stats around suicide and depression are increasingly scary, and the news of people (especially the younger ones) taking their own lives, has become a sad reality.
On the recent episode of The Mosibyl Podcast, “The One with Linda — The Wise One” we further delved into the “cancel culture” and the lines between accountability, judgment, the culture itself, and its impact on mental health.
