Cancelling is just the newest version of old-school shunning, like the Jehovah's Witnesses still do - they literally treat and think of apostates (dissidents) as dead.
If they repent and come back to the fold, then they can have a resurrection ceremony of sorts (just like Lazarus); I don't know if the Wokies have gotten that far yet in their evolution ...
It's also why "deadnaming" is so abhorrent to them.
Traditionally, when someone joined some mystery cult, secret society, or other offshoot minority religion, they'd be put through a ceremony that today would be called "hazing", but which tested your resolve to be a part of the group (and also a way of cementing loyalty and trust and all that good shit.)
Such a ceremony might include things like a ritual death and rebirth as a new person, with a new name ....
Cancelling is just the newest version of old-school shunning, like the Jehovah's Witnesses still do - they literally treat and think of apostates (dissidents) as dead.
If they repent and come back to the fold, then they can have a resurrection ceremony of sorts (just like Lazarus); I don't know if the Wokies have gotten that far yet in their evolution ...
It's also why "deadnaming" is so abhorrent to them.
Traditionally, when someone joined some mystery cult, secret society, or other offshoot minority religion, they'd be put through a ceremony that today would be called "hazing", but which tested your resolve to be a part of the group (and also a way of cementing loyalty and trust and all that good shit.)
Such a ceremony might include things like a ritual death and rebirth as a new person, with a new name ....
Shunning in the distant past meant you were kicked out into the wilderness and probably died. So I think this was common practice.