Uncancel

Any clown with social media followers and moral self-laudation can cancel someone. […] No, I don’t cancel. I uncancel. And I’m a better public servant because of it. No one is remembered for what he got, only for what he gave. So, let he who is without sin cast the first tweet. The rest of us are busy working together to make our union just a little bit more perfect, despite our imperfections.

It’s Time to Uncancel Americans / February 17, 2021 / This week, actress Gina Carano made headlines when Disney+ and Lucasfilm decided to cancel her from their hit series “The Mandalorian” over controversial social media posts.

“By the end of that week more than 30 galleries ‘uncancelled,’” he said, noting that despite all the grousing over “fair fatigue,” there was still no digital substitute for buying and selling art in the flesh.

Because today the punishment is often coming from the outside, instead of within a small village, offending influencers may be less amenable to accepting their punishment; they may not want to have another group’s values imposed on them. More voices can lead to more ambiguity and more conflict. After all, who gets to decide what constitutes a crime and what constitutes the punishment? Further, how can the canceled become the uncanceled?

I am not going to be cancelled. I have uncancelled myself. I believe in fighting.