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Cancel culture

 I don't think you understand that responding badly to cancel culture is the same as participating in can cancel culture. They're the same thing. Both are overreactions and prickliness. They're a readiness to be angry and retaliatory. You're into supporting organized religion now, aren't you? Well, let's consider the scripture that says, "In your anger, do not sin." That covers a whooole lot of territory in terms of behavior toward one another. And not just behavior, but perspective and regard for one another's concerns, pain, and humanity.

Here again is where campaigns for our minds comes in. There are people who benefit from this type of discord. You play right into their hands when you're not circumpsect or in a place of conciliation, mindfulness and readiness to cooperate and be part of healing. Admit it, you are more about being angry and want to continue to be angry. But what do you expect that will gain? I'm telling you it will get you just more if the same. It perpetuates the back and forth and division. Nothing will change until you change your mindset and have harmony as your goal and guiding principle in what you say and do and how you receive and process information and react to it.

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