[tootie]

Cancel culture doesn't exist. People shun those they dislike. That's human nature. Entertainers are routinely cancelled for not being entertaining enough. Being morally objectionable makes people be disliked as well. The rise in prominence is due to two things: The permanent record that is The Internet and fake outrage from right-wing media. The same people who created the Hollywood black list for suspected Communists.

The story of the beer guy and the reporter who cancelled him and got cancelled is mostly fake. The reported did background as standard practice and found the racist tweets and reached out to the beer guy for comment. He never intended to play them up or make a case to "cancel" him. But the beer guy issued a proactive statement that the Register was targeting him which lead to an immediate and over-the-top counteroffensive driven by right-wing media. The anti-cancel culture missionaries look for any and every excuse to protect racist messaging, so they fight any and every attempt to shed light on racism.

https://www.cjr.org/first_person/aaron-calvin-viral-story-tw...

[AlexTWithBeard]

Cancel culture does not exist - until you get cancelled.

[tootie]

It's not a culture. It's the human need for justice. There is a huge swath of legal but unacceptable behavior that will get you shunned. If you have a coworker who calls everyone in the office a moron that's protected free speech but you wouldn't be upset if they got fired.