And his followed traveled in the newfound freedom they felt to do likewise, to let their bigotry, disdain, bullying, mockery, crudeness, and cruelty hang out. This they embraced, the freedom to be unabashedly and unapologetically awful. Of course cancel culture was the response, because reactions are always opposite and equal. The cruelty was unrestrained and over the top, so cancel culture will be also. Cancel culture is a direct result of the culture that elevated Trump, but those who support him don't recognize or want to acknowledge their part in creating the very climate they bristle at. it. Trump gave behaving badly a green light, because he went on a prolonged ego trip after realizing how much people loved it when he was awful, observing that he could literally kill someone in broad daylight and still be their hero. It should be horrifying to us to see that's absolutely true, that people will find a way to justify absolutely any level of vile behavior.
Why do we pay people to be professional busybodies and bullies? It's absurd. We pay people to be provocateurs, to pick people apart and create buzz in so doing. The nature of social media encourages others to join in. It's sick.
Actually the first thing is introspection. And once we become introspective, we begin to realize that self care is necessary and self care is not selfishness it's actually what's necessary for us to be able to be healthy enough and have energy enough to pour out good to other people.
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