Punitiveness, Deplatforming, Organization, Secondary Boycotts, Moral Grandstanding, Truthiness

"But critics of the critics of cancel culture make a powerful retort. Accusing others of canceling can, they claim, be a way to stigmatize legitimate criticism. As Hannah Giorgis writes in the Atlantic, 'critical tweets are not censorship.'
"So what, exactly, does a cancellation consist of? And how does it differ from the exercise of free speech and robust critical debate?"

At Persuasion, Jonathan Rauch presents "[s]ix signs that show you're not just being criticized; you're being canceled."

And Joanna Williams at Spiked presents an overview of Critical Race Theory.