Not Even Four-Year-Olds Are Safe


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Imagine this: you’re a four year old who’s a ball of energy, wanting to run around and waste your days playing with those you tolerate. One of your favorite things to do is listen to music, and your family decides to film a video of you lip-singing to a pop song that contains one too many swear words, including the N-word, that really shouldn’t be in a child’s vocabulary. Nonetheless, you have all the words memorized , and smile proudly at the camera in your face as you let the words come out of your mouth. Then, your family decides to post it, which is another problem in itself, but that’s an issue for another day. Now, you can’t read, because again, you’re only four and a literal child. So, fortunately, you can’t understand the comments on the video of you lip singing that went viral telling you all sorts of vile things. 
 
This is really what happened to a four-year-old who was posted in a video on the internet. While she’s lip singing, she mouths the N-word, obviously unaware of the implications and connotations of it, only aware of the fun she’s having at laughing to the music. Of course, this doesn’t mean anything to the people of cancel culture, who rip into her for saying something that shouldn't be said. Obviously it’s bad to be lip-singing the word, but maybe, just maybe, instead of coming for the child’s neck, how about calling out the adults who allow this behavior??? Just an idea. I mean, it's not the kid's fault for not knowing what was wrong, as she probably just learned from what was going on around her.
    The problem is, the media has gone so far with "cancel culture", that it's completely transformed from wanting to make sure there aren't bad influences to canceling someone for a power trip. I mean, there are people who get a knack out of ruining other peoples' lives, and they get to do so freely because they are anonymous. It's sickening, as you see all these people who are trying to grow make mistakes and not get second chances because they did it online. In all honesty, while cancel culture works to erase toxicity from the internet, it hypocritically ignores its own poison. With that being so, we as a society need to do one thing to stop the madness that comes from such disgusting practices: cancel cancel culture.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2024 at 5:16 PM

    I like how you talked about how 4 year olds probably don’t know right from wrong. You appealed to pathos very well when you described what it’s like to be 4. -Aly Matuza

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  2. VandyaMarch 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM

    I liked how you wrote about a hypothetical situation, yet it feels like it could be something that would actually happen in today's cancel-culture crazed society. Like Aly mentioned in her comment, I like how the blog appeals to people's emotions with the phrase "imagine this," which forces us to put ourselves in the shoes of an innocent 4-year-old who doesn't know better.

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  3. ACMarch 17, 2024 at 11:36 AM

    I liked your criticism of cancel culture, making people consider the hypocrisy of the whole thing. The meme pretty much summarizes "Cancel culture folks," ready with their notebooks and pencils to leave their opinion on anything.

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  4. Ana Sofia H. G.March 17, 2024 at 12:02 PM

    I liked that you mentioned that cancel culture has turned from being a way to get rid of bad influences to becoming a power trip.

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  5. Angelina KMarch 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM

    I liked the phrase "ignores its own poison" showing how toxic it really is and the ignorance behind it. We aren't allowing these people to change and purely canceling them for the fun of it.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM

    I like how you put us into the child shoes when you said “imagine this”. Unfortunately, this happens to many kids now. I agree with the fact that cancel culture ignores its own poison.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 17, 2024 at 7:40 PM

    I like how you took the concept of cancel culture and really projected your views in a satirical way

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  8. Prisha PachpandeMarch 17, 2024 at 8:56 PM

    I really like how you criticized cancel culture, and put your own satirical view on it!

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  9. AnonymousMarch 18, 2024 at 9:25 AM

    I like how you used a hypothetical situation to analyze the flaws of cancel culture. I totally agree with your point of view!

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