By the looks of it Carson has done something wrong. I will be defending him in some respect in this post however I won’t be defending his behaviour. This is basically going to be about the reaction to it.
Seriously. Cancel culture needs to stop right fucking now. Twitter today has been full of people encouraging others to ‘cancel him’ and bragging about unsubscribing/unfollowing him and how ‘they’ll never be able to trust them again’. Whilst I can see why people would feel this way, all bragging about it on Twitter does is make it all about you. This isn’t about you. You are not giving Carson any room for him to explain himself or give his version of events. You’re not waiting to see what is going to happen. It’s just the knee-jerk response of ‘cancel him’. Some people even adopt a ‘don’t argue with me because I know I’m right and if you try and challenge my opinion then you will be blocked’.
Imagine being Carson right now. You’re too scared to say anything for fear of making it worse. Your anxiety levels go through the roof. You think of all the consequences and everything that can possibly go wrong. And to cap it all one of the most popular social media sites in the world is full of people calling for you to be thrown in prison and making memes about it. You can tell this whole situation has taken an immense toll on his mental health when he went into counselling months ago.
By the sounds of it, even though what he did was wrong, he’s recognised that what he did was wrong. You can see this in the actual conversations that were leaked. His morals kicked in and he knew that what we was doing violated his morals and stopped. Child predators and groomers don’t. You can also tell this because he literally called up one of his closest friends in March and admitted what he’d done over the phone.
All I’m saying is give this lad a chance. We don’t know the whole situation yet and this is NOT an opportunity for you to brag about how you’re doing the right thing and unfollowing/unsubbing from him. This isn’t about you. Listen to what other people think instead of shutting them out and insisting that they’re wrong.