[belltaco]

By the same metric you should also not hold the reporter who revealed the racist tweets responsible for the actions of Anheuser-Busch and other companies. He didn't do the canceling.

[josephcsible]

I'd argue that the reporter did do the canceling, though. Canceling happens in three stages:

1. Someone with access to a wide audience learns of a minor transgression, blows it out of proportion, and blasts it to them all

2. People who heard about the minor transgression start pressuring the employer/school/business partners/social media moderators/etc. to cut ties

3. The employer/school/business partners/social media moderators/etc. kowtow to the pressure and actually do cut ties

If you've done any of those steps, you've participated in cancel culture.

[belltaco]

Now do the same analysis for racism.