The debate about whether cancelling people is good or bad can& #39;t be settled because it operates on an ethical theory of either utilitarianism (it has good/bad effects) or rules (bad people should have bad things happen vs. people shouldn& #39;t be mean).

These always go in circles.

The better question views ethics as a process of transformation through practice. We should do what grows us into the kind of people we should want to be, and shouldn& #39;t do things that build up bad character.

The question of "how does cancelling transform us?" is much more useful

The "virtue ethics" framework is particularly well-suited to twitter, where the effects of things in the outside world are typical minor, but people& #39;s character changes profoundly as a result of how they participate on here.

Also @prisonculture is a gift and a gem and we all will be better people if we actually grapple with the radical implications of prison abolition, rather than just adopting it as an aesthetic or a policy position.