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Tracey Sarah's avatar

Love this so much. I’ve always thought of cancel culture as the epitome of toxic. No room for redemption, discussion, self-compassion, compassion for others, not even room to attempt repair. Cancel culture is the arrogance of youth- that things end and are dead and gone- when really things end and then end again, and then death sparks new growth and fertilizes, and then some more death and some more growth. It’s an illusion. I love your writing, and your growth and willingness to be so honest about change, and chaos both internal and external, and hair issues, and I could spent hours with your links if I’m not careful and how much time do you spend reading and I want to spend hours reading and thank you.

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Joe Martin's avatar

Disagree only occasionally. Your article on listening to opposing views etc, for example. I am for that, having worked in a non partisan role in state government for most of my career, I worked with many people I disagreed with. People who had different views but were thoughtful and came to those positions honestly.

But compromise has become a dirty word in todays world, and I suspect we agree on the following; that it’s impossible, even enabling, to want to reach common ground with white nationalists, or people who support bomb threats at schools because of false rumors about Haitian eating peoples pets, and Jewish space lasers, or spread hatred about LGBTQ folks and etc. Such people have been given permission in recent years by some leaders to parade their bullying behavior. I wish we could have respectful conversations in those spaces but I fear we have moved way beyond that. And I think it’s despicable what happened to you with Hip Sobriety.

Anyway, please keep writing. Don’t let people who lack critical thinking cancel you. “My inner self respect and self worth cannot be affected by what others think or say about me.” Deepak Chopra.

All best - Joe

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