Some elements of the left have exploited the internet to impose their views on various cultural issues over the past decade. After screaming about this tactic for years, the right has openly embraced it. People are being fired all over America for saying unflattering things about Charlie Kirk. Right-wing cancel culture, now branded as “consequences culture,” is all the rage.
The woke left has nothing to complain about, but liberals, who by definition want to keep the free speech window as wide and nonpartisan as possible, do. The difference between right-wing and left-wing cancel culture is that the latter evolved without government involvement, while the former is being driven by Trump and his minions. That makes it much more dangerous to free speech than a PC internet mob.