Cancel Culture thoughts.

In terms of movements this one has one of the strangest definitions.

I looked up the definition and it is basically just using social media pressure to have people removed from positions or campaigns stopped due to some public out lash.

Put another way... it is just boycotting loudly. And the loudly is redundant.

What I hate about the term is that while I'm sure examples exist, the "term" cancel doesn't really apply most of the time. And it isn't really a culture thing, aside from perhaps the tie in with pop culture, or fads of the day.

But ultimately, at the end of it, the whole thing is just boycotting or bluffing hard enough that you don't have too.

So, what is my gripe? Well, in many cases, if the public support were strong enough, then the outcome was a foregone conclusion. Businesses can't continue to bank roll someone forever or keep a campaign going if it is bleeding money for the business. 

Now, to me, I suppose I need to concede that internet really kind of exacerbates things to previously unheard of levels. A lot of these people don't feel/think/know/believe they are doing anything wrong. In many cases these people are older and lived a long life never being challenged for these things. And while that doesn't mean that we should accept them, it also doesn't necessarily mean we need to scapegoat them.

I imagine some of these people can have their livelihoods rather substantially damaged and disproportionately to their share of the social blame for the issue.

And, if it sounds like I didn't really successfully take one side or the other... you're right. I certainly can't disagree (broadly speaking) with a movement which is typically seeking to advance human rights. Nor can I necessarily blindly support a movement which achieves that by publicly shaming scapegoats to keep the rest in check. It is the social justice equivalent of punitive damages.