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<p>Public opinion on cancel culture has shifted a lot in the past few years, and <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/lizzo-recounts-living-in-her-car-after-becoming-a-first-time-homeowner-its-a-milestone-for-me/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lizzo</a> recently took to social media to share her thoughts on the subject.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Lizzo Says Cancel Culture Has Become &#8216;Misdirected&#8217;: &#8216;I Hope We Can Phase Out Of This&#8217;</h3>
<p>The &#8220;Truth Hurts&#8221; singer&#8217;s comments came through <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> on Friday morning, and Lizzo started off by straight-up expressing that &#8220;cancel culture is appropriation.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;This may be a random time to say this but it&#8217;s on my heart.. cancel culture is appropriation.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>She proceeded to explain that, while cancel culture was once a useful tool employed by &#8220;truly marginalized people,&#8221; it&#8217;s deviated from its foundations.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;There was real outrage from truly marginalized people and now it&#8217;s become trendy, misused and misdirected.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Lizzo wrapped up her thoughts by noting, &#8220;I hope we can phase out of this &; focus our outrage on the real problems.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The artist was sure to not harp on the matter, though, as—just twenty minutes later—she was tweeting about Anetra&#8217;s recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euAkpGooUVs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talent show performance</a> on <em>Ru Paul&#8217;s Drag Race</em>. We stan queen who can multitask so early in the morning!</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Many Twitter Users See Lizzo&#8217;s Point, While Others Were Perplexed</h3>
<p>On the heels of Lizzo&#8217;s tweet, various fans began chiming in on the matter. Some sided with her and noted how, while cancellation was initially about accountability, it&#8217;s been &#8220;exploited.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The way that cancel culture promotes virus signaling was also brought up.</p>
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<p>However, others were largely put off by the entire sentiment. In fact, one user said that—while Lizzo is &#8220;not even wrong&#8221;—her statement &#8220;sounds like AI-generated discourse.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Other tweeters found the prospect of &#8220;cancelling&#8221; cancel culture to be humorous.</p>
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<p>This sentiment was shared by a number of users.</p>
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<p>Regardless, though, Lizzo&#8217;s statement resonated with many, and some even shared that cancel culture has been &#8220;co-opted by people who just want to bully.&#8221;</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Singer Also Recently Called Attention To A Social Media &#8216;Epidemic&#8217;</h3>
<p>This online discourse comes just a few days after Lizzo spoke on another issue relating to social media.</p>
<p>Last week, Lizzo tweeted that &#8220;we need to talk about the epidemic of believing any and everything y&#8217;all see on social media.&#8221;</p>
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<p>This statement garnered a good amount of support, with most agreeing that people need to be adamant about cross-checking information.</p>
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<p>Do you agree with Lizzo&#8217;s statement?</p>
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