Is cancel culture justice or mob rule?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is cancel culture justice or mob rule?". Your opponent's style: George Carlin

Idk fucking know what mob rule is

You just proved my point. "Mob rule" isn't some vague boogeyman, it's a precise mechanism: when collective anger bypasses due process and destroys people based on incomplete information or social pressure rather than facts. Cancel culture IS mob rule because it operates without investigation, appeal, or proportionality. Someone loses their job over a decade-old tweet before anyone checks context. That's the mechanism. Now here's your real problem: you're conflating "I don't understand the term" with "the distinction doesn't matter." It absolutely does. The difference between justice and mob rule is whether guilt is established fairly or just asserted loudly. Which one does cancel culture actually do?