I've noticed that discussions about this issue never lead anywhere, and that seems almost by design (don't know if that's ironic or appropriate). The reason is

I've noticed that discussions about this issue never lead anywhere, and that seems almost by design (don't know if that's ironic or appropriate). The reason is that apologists of cancel culture are talking about "influential people/powerful corporations being boycotted/yelled at in twitter". Meanwhile, detractors are talking about "normal people without any kind of power or influence being harassed and/or losing their livelihoods because they cracked their knuckles". So both sides are talking about fundamentally different things, and because of this, discussion on this matter is almost always a lot of people yelling past each other.