{"id":16566,"date":"2023-01-18T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=16566"},"modified":"2023-03-16T16:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T20:15:57","slug":"lizzo-shares-her-thoughts-on-cancel-culture-says-its-become-misused-and-misdirected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2023\/01\/lizzo-shares-her-thoughts-on-cancel-culture-says-its-become-misused-and-misdirected","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Shares Her Thoughts on Cancel Culture, Says It’s Become “Misused and Misdirected”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grammy-winning singer Lizzo offered a “fresh take” on\u00a0cancel culture\u00a0on Twitter, arguing that the term is no longer being correctly applied.<\/p>\n

“This may be a random time to say this, but it’s on my heart.. cancel culture is appropriation,” Lizzo tweeted. “There was real outrage from truly marginalized people, and now it’s become trendy, misused and misdirected. I hope we can phase out of this & focus our outrage on the real problems.”<\/p>\n

Mumford & Sons co-founder Winston Marshall\u00a0called it a “fresh take.” Marshall experienced what it was like to be “canceled” last year when he tweeted his support for an anti-Antifa book. The backlash became so noisy that the banjo player decided to leave the band.<\/p>\n

Several commenters agreed with Lizzo’s description, arguing that while cancel culture used to mean consequences for individuals who may have deserved it, it is now being weaponized against good people that simply made mistakes. Others said it was effectively silencing those who have different opinions.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely,” user Jessica Ballinger tweeted. “There are very real issues that warrant outrage\u2026 I sometimes wonder if cancel culture stems from people feeling impotent against those bigger issues, so they go after simpler targets to feel better about themselves like they did something.”<\/p>\n

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This may be a random time to say this but it\u2019s on my heart.. cancel culture is appropriation.<\/p>\n

There was real outrage from truly marginalized people and now it\u2019s become trendy, misused and misdirected.<\/p>\n

I hope we can phase out of this & focus our outrage on the real problems.<\/p>\n

\u2014 FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n