Let us step out of the mass psychosis of cancel culture and remember compassion, tolerance for differing viewpoints, and recognition of the deeply complex nature of human behavior.TOPICS:Losing compassion in the name of compassionCancel culture does nothing to create justice or healingIt’s an ouroboros- the more a person participates in cancel culture, the more likely they are to be cancelledThe goalposts of what is and is not okay are always movingI am not here to intellectually coddle my audienceCollapsing both/and issues into either/or issuesShame is not a social justice toolTreating people like human beings, not political abstractions or online contentMoral perfection is impossiblePeople are not disposableLess punishment and more rehabilitationDehumanization only leads to more injusticeWhat cancellation would have meant for our ancestors and how that ancient imprint affects us todayThe trauma of cancellation shuts down the brain areas needed for healing and growthQuitting the cult of wokenessChoosing truth over popularityThe parallels with the witch huntsThis is not how we restructure humanity toward a more just, kind, equitable futureCancel culture leads to self censorshipYour ancestors will not cancel you, the earth will not cancel you, the sun will not cancel youRESOURCES:On Cancel Culture & the Medicine Stories PodcastMegan Jayne Crabbe’s postClementine Morrigan’s postThe Fucking Cancelled podcastI Was the Mob Until the Mob Came For MeShame & Accountability by Brene BrownChloe Valdary Theory of EnchantmentWhy I’m Leaving the Cult of Wokeness by Africa BrookeAfrica’s InstagramMedicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!)My website MythicMedicine.love Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy?Medicine Stories Facebook groupMythic Medicine on InstagramMusic by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)Get the PDF transcript of this episode here.































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