cancel culture

is mostly done to score brownie points against people who mean no harm. The people doing the canceling become the self-appointed guardians of political purity.

In Ross's view, 'most public shaming is horizontal' ' that is, it's not done to justifiably criticize people who are seriously dangerous, but to score brownie points against people who mean no harm. The people doing the canceling, she argues, 'become the self-appointed guardians of political purity.'.

is a toxic practice wherein'people attempt to expunge anyone with whom they do not perfectly agree, rather than remain focused on those who profit from discrimination and injustice.

Loretta Ross is a self-identified liberal who's come to hold a similar position. In'an opinion piece'for the New York Times, she wrote that as a black feminist, she finds cancel and call-out culture a 'toxic' practice wherein 'people attempt to expunge anyone with whom they do not perfectly agree, rather than remain focused on those who profit from discrimination and injustice.'

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