Think! Like Me!

Once Upon A Time. . . .

There once was a place where competing ideas were allowed to exist, if not flourish. Its inhabitants mutually granted others permission to hold alternative views, at least tacitly if not explicitly. Disagreement resulted in dialog, loudly at times, but the expression of ideas was rarely extirpated. Then Uniformity struck!

Enter the Cancel Culture

Under the cancellers, alternative views are not only shunned by affixing the scarlet “A” upon them, their obliteration from existence is demanded. Cancelling employers release people from the privilege of working for them if they dare voice support for the scarlet letter. Under the cover of darkness, both actual and metaphorical, mobs descend upon supporters of the scarlet letter with an intent to do harm. Odd, isn’t it, when we consider than “evil” was once categorized as an intent to do harm. Now, “evil” is simply exhibiting the temerity to disagree with the cancellers.

Power and Repressed People Groups

Among the scarlet supporting commentators, the word “power” is often used in attempts to reconcile the acts of privileged cancellers with motivation. I have come to the conclusion the privileged cancellers do not desire power qua power, or power merely for the sake of power.

Rather, they desire to design and implement a utopia for the benefit of their “oppressed” people groups, which the cancellers deign from their lofted positions to identify. Their desire for power is grounded in, and originates from their desire to control, but of course couched in altruistic phrases and terms.

After all, the privileged elite know what is best for their oppressed peoples, and they truly desire to bestow their divine grace and wisdom upon their oppressed people groups. Complete and total control over every natural and manufactured resource available to all the masses, regardless of their relative status, is the greatest and most sublime goal achievable.

Be aware however, not all people of color are “oppressed.” That privilege belongs solely to the people groups identified by the cancellers, both those of the rank-and-file, and their lofted elites.

Rule of Law and “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”

The phrase “rule of law” is frequently referred to by the privileged cancellers as if it were a green switch freshly cut for spanking an unruly child. But in this case, the switch is a magic wand that cancels anyone who dares to assert there are universal standards for comportment. For the cancellers, “rule of law” implies externally applied universals, and as every intelligent canceller knows there are no universal standards. The cancellers are the sole arbiters and dispensers of the rule of law, and when or to whom it applies.

One of the grounding premises under American jurisprudence (rule of law) was that guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Until guilt was proven, or at least until more information surrounding the circumstances became public, private judgement was largely held in abeyance. Now the cancellers define “rule of law” and guilt circumstantially. Innocence is derived axiomatically, and irrevocably, merely by being a member of a repressed people.

Oppression, after all, is any and all action imposed upon a member of a repressed people group, whether wielded rightfully under the color of law, or not.

Lofted cancellers, like gods from Mount Olympus descending to bless mere mortals, visit the relatives of the oppressed victims to posture and visibly authenticate their support for their oppressed peoples.

From Each According to Ability, To Each According To Need Desire

Desire is the sine qua non for cancellers; if you desire it, get it, do it. It matters not if the thing desired belongs to another; it is yours to use, possess, or destroy because you are a member of a repressed people. Ability, talent, and merit be damned–he’s got it, You want it. “Gimme.”

By canceller reckoning, employment, if one wants it, is not a function of merit, skill, or ability. Employment is a function of non-oppression. Employers exemplify their support for, and demonstrate their magnanimity toward repressed peoples by hiring them, while ignoring their non-productive foibles. They’re rich, they can afford it.

It’s Not Your Money

One of the frequently seen slogans from television commercials is, “It’s your money, get it when you need it.” According to both rank-and-file and elitist cancellers it is not your money. Any “surplus” wealth you possess, by rights, belongs to the oppressed masses (where “surplus” is defined by the despoilers). “Come on, mann!” You don’t think the cancellers are going to spend their money, do you?