Where Is the Line? Cancel Culture
I’m not trying to spark hate or division, but I’m sincerely asking a question. Civilized and reasonable discussions are appreciated.
Where is the line in cancel culture?
If there is a line? Who draws that line?
And if the line is drawn, is it a line drawn in sand that can be moved or in concrete which would be hard to be moved?
This week a friend and I were talking about the growing concern with human trafficking involving children and the disgusting pedophile community.
She asked, “So do you believe in the concept of age fluid?”
“What?” I asked.
“Age fluid, the idea you are the age you think you are. It’s a thing.”
I sat in shock. And thought how? How can people say this is allowed?
I tell people all the time that I don’t feel my age as I’m nearing 40. I tell them in a positive tone that age is just a number and it doesn’t define me.
But at the end of the day I know I’m a 38 year old man even if I feel young at heart. I say I’m young at heart to energize myself to not settle in becoming a couch potato, which is so easy to do.
But I would never pretend or tell other people that I’m really 17 years old and since I’m that age I can date a 17 year old girl. If that isn’t sick enough, say I’m a 5 year old man and would like to have a relationship with a child at that age.
This is just flat out sick and wrong.
But what is also sick and wrong is the trend in people considering this line of thinking in the last few years.
So once again, my questions up.
Where is the line? Who makes up the line? And how firm is the line?
I hope most people would agree that this line of thinking is immoral, but it saddened me in my research of the age that young girls can be sold into marriage around the world. In some countries there isn’t an age requirement for parental consent marriages. So, a family could allow their young, young daughters to be married to a much older man.
This greatly saddened me.
And my thought goes deeper, if we continue down this cycle of cancel culture, could it eventually lead to allowing everything?
If we cancel everything, what will remain?
I know this is a sensitive topic for multiple reasons and layers, but it’s still a topic that deserves to be addressed.
If you were on top of the cancel culture agenda, where would you draw your line? Who would you align yourself with on your team? How firm would you draw your line?
I think before we can resolve this issue, we have to discover where our own lines lie.
You may not know.
And you may not realize how far you would go. That is the troubling thought. That we never know what we are capable of because we always think we would never do something that bad. But sadly, good people fall into the pits of “I didn’t mean to do that.”
Peter never dreamed he would deny Christ…yet he did it repeatedly.
None of us are better than Peter because it’s human nature to think of the best side of ourselves and see past the traits we would like to forget.
But we can’t turn a blind eye to our shortcomings. We can’t stick our heads in the sand and hope for the best. We can’t forget about the plank in our own eyes.
We just can’t.
If we do…it’s going to be a slippery slope.
Ever try climbing up a muddy hill?
It’s possible, but it’s easier with a group.
So, who’s in your group? Is it a team you trust? Is it one that has your back? Is it one that you also have theirs?
If not, it’s time to re-evaluate.
Life is a two way road. It’s give and take. It’s share and share alike.
I guess we will have to wait and see how far the line gets drawn. Time will only tell.
I would love to hear your comments.
Peace
