I do not use the term “cancel culture” to be pejorative ot derogatory, just that it’s the commonly used term used for the sharp side of our current half-tapped-into honor system, if that’s why there is doubt over whether I ask in good faith. To clarify, the thing I struggle to understand is why or how one’s collective of social stances do heavier lifting in regards to what would be called their dishonor than death. I’ve been in a number of communities where this question comes up in my mind; in one (unrelated to any community we’re in), I’ve been told to leave on the basis of having what I can best described is a stigmatized type of dysphoria because it was thought to be in bad faith to come out of the closet about it, all the while the second-most popular individual in the community is a known supporter of Islamic terrorism who keeps returning. Imagine being told “I’m sorry, but we’re ordering you to leave due to people raising a stink”, all the while you have what you at least would think is the most obvious opportunity to ask “but what about that guy”. Surely so many people in the world don’t prioritize that. And cancel culture is about the masses, so…

And this then leads me to think of past instances. Like, Harry Potter is homophobic and implicitly racist, etc. and so might something like Ender’s Game be. But how dare I say that the ableistic murder at the end of Of Mice and Men delivered by the protagonist was uncalled for. Or how dare I say super heroes like The Punisher are overkill.

Or to put it another way, suppose we were talking about the Godfather. They kill people, they steal, they cheat, they ruin lives. That makes the story. It’s a mafia story. I’m in no way saying they should be discriminatory, but… if they did, the story has all that other stuff, so what does that add? The mafia was all old timey Catholics. One could say “realism is realism” or “idealism is idealism” and so forth, but it’s like each only applies sometimes. I don’t grasp a lot of it. There are even authors who have themselves committed murder, like Kouri Richins who murdered her husband before writing a book on how to grieve over a family member of all things. She was locked up, but her book is flying off the shelves. Like holy shit.

No.

Billionaires and millionaires are on opposite sides? Now there’s a twist.

Raccoons, especially in Seattle, are not typical prey for coyotes.

Would’ve been cool to hear that quote in the Odyssey.

Scientists commenting on Jimothy have said before that there’s nothing in his condition that presents a setback in survival.

One that’s in English.

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At least they’re honest about it.