Yes:

Cancel culture has become a heated topic recently. Many people are saying that cancel culture is all bad and we must get rid of it from society to thrive. But not all cases of cancel culture are bad. Some seem silly or pointless, such as canceling Dr. Seuss. But there are many other cases of cancel culture that have helped society, and has not been talked about enough recently.

One benefit of cancel culture is that it helps bring light to a person or event that is problematic. This includes but is not limited to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, human trafficking, white supremacy, ableism and xenophobia. Celebrities, influencers and other people in power are the most likely to be victims of being “canceled.” This usually happens because they were found participating in one of the topics above.

Yes, there are exceptions to this. The public needs to be aware and knowledgeable on the topic and have proof before the media tries to cancel them.

Deplatforming problematic and hateful people is great fodder for the media, but it’s good for society, too. It makes social media platforms safer to be on. People should not be scared to post or talk about certain topics in fear of being bullied or threatened for things they cannot control, like race, age, religion, weight, sexual orientation and so on. 

No:

Cancel culture hurts society more than it helps it.

According to Evan Gerstmann of Forbes.com, There is no single accepted definition of cancel culture, but at its worst, it is about unaccountable groups successfully applying pressure to punish someone for perceived wrong opinions.

The victim ends up losing their job or is significantly harmed in some way well beyond the discomfort of merely being disagreed with. This argument confuses dissent with punishment. The victims of cancel culture are generally not powerful people. They are often vulnerable people who suffer devastating harm.

A previous post discussed an African American school security guard who was fired for using the N-word in the course of telling a student not to direct that word at him. (Thankfully, he was eventually re-hired after a national furor erupted.) The same post discussed a teacher who was fired for inadvertently failing to address a student by his self-identified gender pronoun. The security guard and the teacher each have four children to support and lost their health insurance as well as their income when they were fired. They are hardly examples of the rich and powerful.

With my personal experience it seems that cancel culture isn’t good, because it has destroyed some people’s careers even if it’s false information. It has also ruined the reputations of numerous celebrities by bringing up thing they said or did years ago.