For some time, a new ethic appeared on the Internet called Cancel Culture ("CULTURE CULTURE"), which means condemnation or refusal to support a well-known person for its gross, according to society, actions or offensive statements.
According to Rowen Atkinson, the online world is too often divided into black and white. Because of social networks, people always turn out to be on different sides of the barricades.
"Mr. Bean" Star Rowan Atkinson Has Weighed In On "Cancel Culture": "It's Important That We're Exposed to a Wide Spectrum of Opinion, But What We Have Now Is the Digital Equivalent of the Medieval Mob Roaming the Streets Looking for Someone to Burn. " https://t.co/69gls9iobz.
- Variety (@Variety) January 5, 2021
"It is important that we get acquainted with a wide range of opinions. But now we see the electronic equivalent of a medieval crowd, which walks through the streets and is looking for someone to burn. It is scary for anyone who is a victim of such a crowd, "Atkinson's confidence in Twitter expressed his confidence.
Actor, known to the Wide Viewer as a funny Mr. Bean, admitted that he was experiencing for the future of freedom of speech, since the main problem with which we face on the Internet, in his opinion, is an algorithm that decides that we want to see and thus creates simplified and Binary view of society.
"This leads to the situation" You are with us or against us. " And if you are against us, you deserve you "canceled" you, "comes to the disappointing conclusion of Rowan Atkinson.