Cancel Culture isn’t a thing

There have been lots of people getting their underwear in a twist over what they are claiming is something they are calling “cancel culture”. They are claiming that people are reporting individuals to their employers about things they say to get them in to trouble.

They point to people like Maya Forstater, Gillian Philip and a few other people who have got in to trouble with employers for comments they have made; those two in particular about transgender people. But there have been other people who have made other comments about other groups of people and had to face repercussions for their actions.

People supporting them claim that this is unfair as these people have only been exercising their right to free speech and as such shouldn’t face any ramifications for it, they claim that this is an example that free speech is under attack.

Setting aside the free speech argument, as I covered that in my last post on here, this can basically be summed up in that free speech is not something that does not have consequences for voicing your opinion. That there are and always have been limitations on speech and as such you can’t say what you like without the risk that there may be consequences for what you say.

Anyhow that is going off on a tangent from this post. The aim of this post is actually rooted in employment law, and…