Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Adam Goldstein
“First, two children lost their father and a wife her husband. Then people lost their humanity. And now, a nation loses another piece of its soul. This part of the cycle is its own special kind of awful: the cancel culture machine. It goes like this: A tragedy happens. Someone reacts by celebrating that tragedy for whatever reason. Then the social media mob comes to demand this person be fired, expelled, or otherwise punished for their views. Time and time again, we resort to this mob mentality when tragedy strikes.” (09/12/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/we-are-cancel-culture-part-tragedy-cycle