This isn't about labeling. My response is also not, specifically, about the story. This is about what is and what is not cancel culture. "Cancel culture" desc

This isn't about labeling. My response is also not, specifically, about the story. This is about what is and what is not cancel culture. "Cancel culture" describes a culture, which necessarily exists in a community. It's been around since before the term "pariah" existed. There are cultures where specific acts have the effect of irrevocably excluding you from a community (exile). Now the rumor of an act or thought is, amplified by communication channels, to result in the same stigma.