'Cancel' Culture Is Ruining Our Generation's Exposure To Real Issues, And It Needs To Be Canceled
Read this before you think about 'canceling' another celebrity on Twitter.
If you've been on Instagram or Twitter for the past few years, then you've definitely witnessed an array of celebrities and social media influenced being #Canceled. If you are unfamiliar with this term, being canceled is a way of your fans saying they will no longer support you. Ideally, this means being boycotted and shunned by social media but it usually doesn't work out like that. From Bill Cosby to Kanye West to Laura Lee, people have gotten canceled for reasons ranging from rape allegations to homophobic or racial slurs. However, they always seem to release an album or release a poorly executed apology video and they're back in everyone's good graces.
Now, I have a few problems with this canceled culture that has grown in popularity over the years. First of all, people are usually too quick to cast judgment. The thing with celebrities is that we only see what they want us to see, so we usually never know the whole story when it comes to their issues. The good thing about that is obviously that they can have their privacy but it also means that it's very easy to manipulate situations they're involved in. Am I saying that all celebrities are saints? Definitely not, but someone can post about what they supposedly did on Twitter and so many people will run with it without even verifying the information. How reliable is this information that you are using to jeopardize someone's entire career?
Secondly, people are way too quick to forgive celebrities. I remember when Kanye West was canceled for saying that slavery was a choice and not even a week later people were talking about how awesome his latest album was. If you didn't have a problem or see the fault in what he said, that's OK (well, not really, but that's a topic for another day). But for the people who are a part of the "Kanye is canceled" party who still went back to listen to his album, you've just sent a message to him that his actions are excusable as long as he can release some music afterward. That'll REALLY show him.
Finally and most importantly, the entire "movement" is very easily forgotten. Except in situations where the cases are actually taken to court like Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein's, canceled celebrities are usually fine in a few weeks. In cases of false accusations and misunderstandings this is good, but for other's — especially regarding sexual assault and harassment - it is a huge blow and disappointment to the victims and those affected by what happened. What's the point of making such a big deal about something such as forming hashtags and starting petitions when you're just going to eventually disregard what happened in a few weeks?
Canceled culture survives because of the hype surrounding situations; when it's no longer front-page news, what they did doesn't seem as bad.
Some people may think that this isn't all that important issue and, to some extent, I agree. But with the increasing influence that celebrities have on the younger generation, it is becoming one. I think that holding these celebrities accountable for what they do and say is important but this trend is not the way to go about doing that.
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Top 8 YouTube Scandals of 2018
From Tana Mongeau to Logan Paul here are the top scandals on YouTube of 2018. *spills tea*
The year is coming to a close and if you are just as obsessed with YouTube as I am, you will remember these scandals. Hopefully, 2019 is a better year for the YouTube community.
8. Emma Chamberlain Clothing Line Scam
Although not too many people were mad about Emma having her own clothing line, the scandal arrived when she would not advertise the correct clothing she was selling to her fans. When Emma announced her clothing line on YouTube and Instagram back in late July of 2018, she would not disclose the exact products she was selling, which made people very angry considering the high prices of her products. Instead, Emma posted pictures of the blurred out products so people were unclear of what they were buying. After, people began speculating whether or not this was fair considering the expense of her products. Even though the clothing line was controversial at first, people realized the products were high quality and the so-called "scandal" blew over in no time.
7. Shane Dawson "Pedophile" Scandal
Early in January of this year, the Youtuber was accused of pedophilia due to some the jokes he told on his podcast. Although none of the allegations were true, the podcast clips were taken out of context and posted on Twitter and videos on YouTube soon surfaced. Shane quickly apologized for his humor on his podcast considering he made those jokes years ago and has changed since then and shot down the allegations. The "scandal" was terminated pretty quickly and most people believed the scandal was formed in order to cover up other controversies in the YouTube community at the time.
6. Bobby Burns Using Shane Dawson for Fame
Recently Shane Dawson has been changing his content into "documentary-type" videos. In one of his documentary series, he decided to confront a hater. Bobby Burns was a commentary content creator and was brought on to Shane's series. The duo immediately became friends and Shane decided to feature him in his videos and gave him a series on his channel. After only a few productions of the weekly series, Bobby Burns was canceled from Shane's channel. Bobby has been making music and broke up with his girlfriend, Jordanne Leigh since the series ended. Although many people believe Bobby's intentions were harmless, he has been very hypocritical of Shane in the past and has made videos on many of the actions in which he criticized creators for doing.
5. Tide Pod Challenge
Back in January, Glozell came out with a new tide pod challenge which sparked a revolution. After this video, many teens began to also upload videos trying the trend. The trend led Tide to even add to their products "do not consume" and they sent out multiple statements on social media in which they addressed the safety issues of consuming tide pods. even though the rate at which teens were actually trying the trend was low, there was a significant amount of backlash regarding the challenge.
4. Laura Lee Racism Scandal
This year, old racist tweets resurfaced from Laura Lee's account. She decided to make a YouTube video addressing these racist remarks. However, in her video, she was not sincere at all which made the apology even worse. She has now been made int a meme and her work in the beauty community has been severely impacted.
3. Jake Paul an Erika Costell
Jake Paul and Erika Costell have been dating for a while now. However, they recently announced their breakup after "The Mind of Jake Paul" series by Shane Dawson. People believe this is just a publicity stunt due to how affectionate and genuine they were with each other during the series. Although recent allegations of Jake cheating has been released. Apparently, he was Direct Messaging a model from the U.K. with the intentions of flying her out and interviewing her for Team10. Although not much has been said after this, the messages are pretty suspicious.
2. TanaCon
Tana Mongeau decided to create a new convention in rebellion against Vidcon. Due to the publicity of free tickets with the amount of highly esteemed creators the convention was destined to be a failure. The convention did not have enough security, space, or food for people to have an enjoyable time and was one of the biggest scandals Tana has been a part of. More about this series and what went wrong can be seen on Shane Dawson's channel.
1. Logan Paul and the Suicide Forest
The year started off with this scandal and nothing has topped it. Logan Paul traveled to Japan in January and filmed in the suicide forest. In hopes of getting content for his vlog, he stumbled upon a dead body. Instead of terminating the filming, he actually did a close up of the body. He then explained how he wanted to prevent suicides and be an advocate for mental illness. Obviously not taking into consideration his viewer demographic is mainly children, he could not have posted a worse video. Logan received an immense amount of hate and backlash for this video and took a "break" from social media. The break lasted about a month and so far I do not think he has learned much from this stunt.