The Canceling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott

Author:Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2023-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

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All three Great Untruths, which our culture has taught Generation Z since childhood, play a role in perpetuating Cancel Culture. It therefore shouldn’t come as a surprise that young people are often at the helm of cancel mobs—or conversely find themselves on the receiving end of one.

The Untruth of Fragility causes a canceler to believe that it’s better to shut down a person who is saying or doing something that makes them uncomfortable because, after all, what doesn’t kill them makes them weaker. Rather than risk harming themselves or others by doing the “labor” of engaging with them, it’s best just to tear them down.

The Untruth of Emotional Reasoning validates this response. If a canceler feels their target has done something wrong, hurt feelings, or caused offense, the fact that they feel that way makes them right. Therefore, a takedown is justified since feelings should always be trusted.

And finally the Untruth of Us Versus Them further places the canceler on the right side of history, even if they’re a part of a mob. Because life is a battle between good and evil people, the target is beyond redemption—and the canceler is beyond reproach. Therefore, there’s no reason to lose sleep over the target losing their job or college admission. The cancellation has been a victory for the “good side.”

We’ve developed a five-step plan to help mindful parents raise an anti-canceler in the age of Cancel Culture:

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