Cancel Culture Isn’t New
We just called it something else
A ‘Scarlett Letter’ was just the beginning
If you grew up in another era, you’d be well aware of the “canceled” folks of yore. Hester Prynne. Galileo. Heck, even Caesar was ultimately cancelled by his once-close friend. For more recent discussion topics, just look no further than the hysteria of the McCarthy era when being labeled a communist would have given you a mark that would impress even the likes of Ms. Prynne.
Et Tu, Brute?
A quick check in with most folks would reveal that every one of them could easily name their favourite canceled anti-hero. All you have to do is ask. Whether this anti-hero allegedly committed heresy for stating that the earth moved around the sun, or participated in an assassination of a former friend, history is rife with these characters.
And yet, if you gauged the pulse of popular culture, you’d think that to be “canceled” is to experience a treatment that is only in the domain of today’s woke arbiters. You know – the ones who take to Twitter and TikTok, pronouncing who we are to shun next. We follow suit, no…
