"Cancel Culture" Cancels Culture

Young people today are even more sheeplike than their elders, not unlike Hitler's willing executioners who gassed millions of people because they were told to do so. The same robotic mindset can be found among today's youth, from so-called Millennials on down, who blindly follow the questionable orders of those "influencers" they follow on TikTok, YouTube and Facebook.

Being in close connection with many of that generation, I hear stories of cancellation that make my blood run cold. Entire reputations, businesses and relationships are destroyed in an instant based on hearsay, innuendo and rumor, much of it unfounded in reality. It's scary to think that someday these people will actually rule the upper echelons of everything, most of which is now still run by fuddy-duddies like Biden, Pelosi and the white-haired captains of industry.

According to Cancel Culture, you can't learn anything from anyone unless you share their blood. You can't cook like an Indian unless you were baptized in the Ganges. You can't eat chitlins unless your great-granny was a slave. You can't wear your hair in braids unless your DNA contains strands of Native American. In fact, the only people who can do anything at all are the direct descendants of whoever first did whatever it is you want to do. Which means no more WASPs saying things like "Who knew?" and "Oy!" And surely no blueberry-cinnamon bagels which were not in evidence in the Jewish communities of Poland.

Absent cross-pollination, Cancel Culture heralds the end of all culture in America. Soon enough, what was once an enticing melting pot will just be a not-so-fine kettle of fish.