| >Will it be illegal at the point where one is purchasing a product or service and determines where their money will go based on an opinion they hold? But we are not talking of a personal choice to boycott, or even to persuade others to boycott. That action is passive in nature and falls entirely within an individuals liberty to withdraw consent. Cancel culture involves aggressive mobs that will use covert and unethical means such as targeting a company's advertisers, clients and suppliers, or relentlessly harassing the HR department in order to induce them to fire somebody. As the OP in this thread noted, this is comparable to vigilantism. >Good news! These laws exist. Libel laws are hard to use against anonymous callers and letter writers calling you a 'Nazi.' It is most unlikely that the recipient of such a call will be persuaded you are a literal Nazi, but they will be influenced and intimidated by the strong hostility and disapproval expressed. It would be hard to prove in court that you had actually been libeled, even if you could bring that person to court, but you will still have been damaged. >When "your side" starts advocating that people should not have, hold or act on opinions, you might start wondering who you're on side with. But cancel culture is intolerant of other's right to freedom of conscience, and it goes beyond mere disapproval to active personal destruction. |