I think we'd need a shared definition of "cancel culture" to be able to determine if this is or isn't an example of it. I'm not sure we have that since cancel c

I think we'd need a shared definition of "cancel culture" to be able to determine if this is or isn't an example of it. I'm not sure we have that since cancel culture is something of a contentious term. I think it's definitely an example of cancelling, but for me, as a pejorative, cancel culture is when cancelling isn't justified. I just learned of this person's existence today, so I'm not really informed, but I think the argument that "someone who has seemed permissive of pedophilia and child-rape on multiple occasions should not be in charge of administrating a forum that is used by young people" is pretty compelling. Because I think cancelling is justified, I don't think it's cancel culture. Of course, one implication of this definition is that people who support someone's cancellation will never think they're engaging in cancel culture. The best case would be for reddit (and others) to have actual convictions and be able to articulate them. If there's some reason why this person shouldn't be fired reddit could make that case and stand by their employee. If there is no such reason reddit shouldn't have hired this person in the first place.