“The herd mentality is people just blindly buying into what someone's telling them without telling them why,” explains host Jaded. In today’s episode, hosts Jaded and Able discuss the bandwagon effect of cancel culture. By exploring different celebrities' experiences with societal backlash, Jaded and Able determine if people should be held accountable for long-past mistakes and who has the authority to make that call.Joy Behar, Joe Rogan, and Chrissy Teigen are all public figures who have had their runs in with cancel culture, some for present actions, many for things they did decades ago. Although people in the public eye can do insensitive or inappropriate things, the internet will often become outraged before understanding the whole story. Jaded and Able remind their listeners to do their research before hopping on the bandwagon to condemn others publicly.Tune into this week’s episode of Bigfoot Logic for a frank conversation on cancel culture. Learn more about how social media boosts herd mentality, the varying interpretations of cancel culture’s definition, and how the line between news and opinions editorials is being consistently blurred.Quotes• “The herd mentality is people just blindly buying into what someone's telling them without telling them why.” (• “So who decides who gets canceled and when? In large parties, the herd does, whether that herd gathers and stampedes on platforms like Facebook or Instagram, or news sites, it starts to move slowly at first and then with gathering momentum and when the dust settles, someone has been trampled.” (• “In the old days of journalism, there was a distinct delineation between editorial, which is where opinions are expressed, and news reporting, which is intended to be non-biased and factually right. Now, we're seeing more and more of those lines blurred.” (Linkshttps://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a39295655/vladimir-putin-cancelled-russia-sanctions/https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/05/19/americans-and-cancel-culture-where-some-see-calls-for-accountability-others-see-censorship-punishment/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.htmlhttps://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/why-do-we-argue-online-1.2295986https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Human-t.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/media/whoopi-goldberg-the-view-suspended/index.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/joy-behar-photo-halloween-costume-blackface-controversy-abc-the-view/https://people.com/tv/meghan-mccain-calls-joy-behar-pathetic-for-trolling-her-valentines-day-post/https://deadline.com/2021/05/alec-baldwin-attacks-cancel-culture-twitter-hilaria-baldwin-1234757367/https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-carville-democrats-wasting-money-stupidhttps://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/02/college-campus-free-speech-cancel-culture/621484/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3160837/12-celebrities-who-got-cancelled-2021-chris-nothshttps://medium.com/counterarts/joy-behars-homophobic-joke-was-not-okay-8e6ec2ef9d45https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-view-joy-behar-apologizes-save-jobhttps://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/17/16897440/aziz-ansari-allegations-babe-me-toohttps://mashable.com/2018/01/15/what-is-babe-aziz-ansari-sexual-misconduct-allegation/https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1171071092808658945?s=20https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/11/vice-rewards-aziz-ansari-reporter-with-new-gig/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaway/https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/katie-wayhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmvmx/happy-black-history-month-from-companies-that-make-prison-even-lonelier-securus-jpayhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/technology/gamergate-women-video-game-threats-anita-sarkeesian.htmlwww.bigfootlogic.comPodcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm