#cancelling
Okay can I just talk about something.
This might be a bit waffley so bare with but I just need to get this off my chest.
What is it about TikTok that makes people lose all sense of fucking critical thinking and nuance.
Ever since using TikTok and interacting with the people and comments I’ve noticed a concerning thing. And that is that a lot of people on TikTok think that human beings are fucking 2d dimensional beings like poorly written characters BUT WERE REALLY NOT.
For example, someone will say something possibly controversial or even offensive, or someone could say something very widely agreed on and THEY WILL INSTANTLY BE LABELLED AS EITHER GOOD OR BAD. No I’m between just “this person said something mildly offensive = bad horrendous same level as hitler” or “this person said they supported gay rights = they are an angel blessed in this universe who can do nothing wrong”
It’s really frustrating as that’s just not how humans or the human mind works??? I mean come on have these people never heard of the saying “there’s no true evil in this world”
NO ONE is a completely horrible person and it’s important to recognise that ESPECIALLY when people want to learn and grow. I feel like this could be applied to the entirety of the internet but I notice it SO MUCH MORE on TikTok. Now don’t get me wrong is people do something out of line or offensive they should be told and hopefully take it well but that doesn’t mean you get to demonise someone because they made a mistake, because you know damn well everyone’s made offensive comments before because unfortunately we don’t come out the womb fucking omnipotent.
And yes I mean more than one mistake. A lot People act like you have 3 strikes and ur out when it comes to mistakes but AGAIN just not how humans work, people learn and grow and become better versions of them self everyday and when you treat them like shit for making mistakes it’s only going to slow that down.
I think it mainly stems from people just not realising that you truly do not know anything about famous people, whether they put on a persona or not you do not know that person, you consume their content but you just cannot know them personally, therefore don’t assume.
Tl;dr dear TikTok, treat people like actual fucking human beings instead of characters behind a screen thank you.
