Episode 11: Cancel Culture in Social Justice Movements, Challenging Neoliberal Identitarianism, & Restorative Justice for Traumatized Individuals with Clementine Morrigan
discuss the shaming, punitive nature of social justice culture and how that plays into cancel culture
compare cancel culture to fundamentalist Christianity
explain the snowball effect of canceling, ostracizing, and harassment of cancel culture
discuss how cancel culture has created hyper-vigilance, self monitoring, and people-pleasing (hint: all trauma responses)
discuss the nervous system response, nervous system literacy, triggers, and cancel culture
reveal the hypocrisy of the left abolitionist beliefs and other social justice movements and cancel culture
dive into racial essentialism and the idea that racism is real but race is not
explore the individual, community, and collective trauma created by cancel culture
expose the lack of boundaries on social media
talk about restorative justice and how the climate of cancel culture doesn’t provide the compassion and community for accountability and healing
discuss the importance of community in nervous system literacy and distinguishing between past trauma and a current (potentially not dangerous) situation
examine the importance and necessity of humanizing those who have caused harm