Cancel Culture Is Not Real: Stop Pretending That It Is

You know, I've been wanting to talk about this for months now. Months. Seriously, what happened to us? We used to be a society of responsibility. We, as people, are not perfect, but we try. At least, I'd like to think we try. And when we mess up, when we put our feet in our mouths, when we make an unconscionable mistake, we own up to it. We take responsibility. At least we used to. For at least the past two years now, we've been infected by the two most annoying words in the English language:

Cancel culture.

CANCEL CULTURE

CANCEL CULTURE!!!

I am so sick and tired of this insane and delusional belief of "cancel culture." It's not real! It's about as real as a Stanley Cup in San Jose! For those who don't know, people who believe in "cancel culture" believe that the rightful punishment and shame that these people are receiving for committing and/or saying some of the most wretched, hateful, and hideous things--is somehow unfair. It's the ultimate victim complex. They know that they are dead wrong, but to them, the people in the right and the people who are rightfully calling them out for their nonsense are the bad guys. Seriously, it boggles my mind that people believe this; that they shouldn't be held accountable, and anyone who even tries to do so is the "lowest of the low."

Even worse is the effect this nonsense has from a racial standpoint. For one, a lot of the people that I hear are complaining about being "cancelled"? They've been exposed as either racist or anti-LGBT. They utter every horrendously bigoted statement under the sun, but I beg of you, do not call them out, because their feelings deserve to be spared. Give me a break. Sad part is that others get on that train and side with these despicable people, which brings me to another thing I've noticed. The people crying "cancel culture"? They pick and choose who to back in their delusion, and it definitely depends on color.

Case in point:

This is Gina Carano; an actress and MMA fighter who I first saw on the American Gladiators reboot in 2008. She's done quite a few films, most notably Fast & Furious 6 as the evil Riley Hicks, and she did recur on Disney+'s The Mandalorian...until she was fired for making anti-Semitic comments. Carano's also exposed as a transphobe as well, but despite all of this, there was a "Save Gina Carano" campaign as soon as she was fired. Disney was accused of "cancelling" Carano, and even to this very day, these same people say that Disney should apologize to her. Wow.

This, of course, is Nick Cannon, perhaps one of the hardest working men in show business right now. Done a whole bunch of movies, but currently, he has a talk show, he's the host of The Masked Singer, and he's still leading Wild N Out on VH1. Similar to Carano, Cannon said some anti-Semitic comments as well, and as a result, he lost everything except for Masked Singer, but got it back after he apologized for his comments. Prior to Cannon's apology, you would think that there was a rally of support for Cannon, right? If you thought yes, I'm so sorry, but you're wrong. Despite the fact that both Carano and Cannon were justifiably punished for the same thing: only Carano was considered "cancelled" while those same people felt Cannon got what he deserved. And remember: Cannon apologized long ago. Carano still hasn't. Yet in their biased minds, Disney was "so wrong" to fire Carano.

The racial double standard is one of many things proving the absolute non-existence of "cancel culture," because you cannot say one person should be punished yet a second one shouldn't even though they did the exact same thing. "Cancel culture" is nothing more than an excuse; a crutch to avoid admitting any wrongdoing. It's a way for these immoral people to act like they're the victims of something when, in reality, they're clearly not. So what finally pushed me to write about this? Here it is:

This, in case you've been severely out of the loop in the past few days, is Matt Araiza. Until a few days ago, Matt Araiza was the punter for the Buffalo Bills, but that came to an end when it came out that he sexually assaulted a woman back in his college days. It was Araiza and two others who assaulted a 17-year-old girl, and once it came to light, the Bills (who were revealed to have possibly known about this before they signed him) cut him. Araiza hasn't said anything as of yet, but his parents sure have, and they're throwing out that annoying "c" word, claiming that they're being cancelled. They are not being cancelled. They are being shamed and embarrassed (and rightfully so) because their son, and I'm just going to be blunt, is a rapist (technically a statutory rapist because the victim's underage). He is being held accountable. That's what it is. Neither he nor his parents are being cancelled.

In closing, I will say again: cancel culture is not a thing. Nobody gets "cancelled." It's an excuse. Stop pretending that being "cancelled" is a thing. We'll be much better as humans once that occurs.