Really, you're better than this. Almost no one suffers serious consequences from cancel culture, whether they are cancelled for kneeling at the wrong time or for tackling teen-age kids. Other opportunities always turn up for them.
Almost no one isn't no one. Any lives destroyed by an accusation alone is too much. Or are you espousing straight utilitarianism in these scenarios? it is fine to hurt or even destroy a few as long as it is better for more people in the long run? Or are you better than that?
To be fair, I might have gone at this a little hard, but it is because I have a couple of close friends who were directly impact by cancel culture. I will not discuss their situation because I told them I would not, but I will say they were both teachers, emphasis on "were". So when it is a real thing to a real person you know some of the ability to stand back and just try to brush it aside as if it isn't a thing goes out the window.
So I disagree with you there, and I stand by it. It is damaging and hurts real people. Period. It needs to stop.
If there is a claim against DL then Elijah needed to take it to the organization ideally. However, he has the right to do exactly what he did, even if I disagree with that approach. And even though I might disagree with that approach, I still think the organization owes it to Elijah to investigate, and in the same breath Dl deserves his due diligence, and the chance to defend himself. Period. Regardless of the accusation.
I made no claims about the accusation itself. Anything along those lines are words put in my mouth, and you did that here as well, put words in my mouth. I was purely speaking out about cancel culture and the need people feel to immediately take any accusation at face value and be judge, jury, and executioner regardless of what the actual facts might be.