The problem with call-out culture The catharsis in blowing out your opponent. You know what I’m talking. You read something on social media, or you watch something on TV, or even in-person, and you have to resist the urge to yell out the problem on what the other person said. Some of us want to just yell out, “CANCELLED!” It’s like we’re looking for the missteps that we might make in order to demonstrate our moral superiority! So here I am, calling out call-out culture. And I’m learning something from my impulse to do that. I don’t just want to be right. I want to be helpful. But I think I’m learning that just shouting someone down, or sarcastically mocking them, isn’t the best way to approach it.
Read this before you call someone out
Read this before you call someone out
Read this before you call someone out
The problem with call-out culture The catharsis in blowing out your opponent. You know what I’m talking. You read something on social media, or you watch something on TV, or even in-person, and you have to resist the urge to yell out the problem on what the other person said. Some of us want to just yell out, “CANCELLED!” It’s like we’re looking for the missteps that we might make in order to demonstrate our moral superiority! So here I am, calling out call-out culture. And I’m learning something from my impulse to do that. I don’t just want to be right. I want to be helpful. But I think I’m learning that just shouting someone down, or sarcastically mocking them, isn’t the best way to approach it.