“…Our actions as a species are more likely motivated by fear, or lack of safety, than hate; which itself is a secondary emotion often resulting from fear (Shapiro, 2016;van Stekelenburg, 2017). Without keeping this in mind, we may easily fall into the fruitless and often divisive cycles of "cancel culture" and "othering" (Barak, 2019;Mueller, 2021;Ulus, 2019), which lead to further reduction of inclusion, empathy, and collaboration between siloed social groups. Those excluded may range from middle-aged white neighbors to queeridentifying individuals; in other words, a result could be the disengagement from values of benevolence and social harmony in those who wish to exude them the most (Bandura, 2002;Bandura et al, 1996).…”