Took me 6 months to realize my cancel call was way off base

I called out a small YouTuber last October for something she supposedly said in a live stream. I saw a clip that got passed around and jumped on the bandwagon without watching the full 2 hour video. It took me until last week to finally sit through the whole thing and realize the clip was edited to change her meaning completely. I spent all that time feeling righteous and it turns out I was the one in the wrong. Has anyone else made a snap judgment on a cancel call and later found out they were missing key context?

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ben_nguyen21d ago

Man that hits close to home. I had a similar thing happen with a musician I called out for lip syncing. I saw a short clip of him barely moving his lips during a concert and went in on him online. Took me months to watch the full concert and realize the clip was from a moment where the sound guy literally messed up the audio feed, not him faking it. What finally worked for me was making a rule for myself. If I see something that makes me angry, I have to watch the whole source before I say anything. Also, I started looking up the person's normal content first to see if the clip matches how they usually act. It is tough because these clips are designed to trigger a reaction but taking that extra hour to check the full context saved me from being wrong again. I still feel bad about that musician though, he never even saw my apology.

dakota_nelson4321d ago

That self rule is actually genius. It's wild how fast those clips are designed to make us react before the brain even has a chance to catch up lol.