Esther Krakue argues that extreme punishment for controversial speech risks turning offenders into martyrs for anti-establishment causes.

“I think the problem with taking his punishment too far is he becomes a martyr. He says, "Oh, look at what happens to me when I speak against the institution." he becomes a symbol or a hero for anti-establishment individuals and that's not the point here.”

Mike Majlak argues that holding people accountable for their past actions through cancel culture is a slippery slope that could eventually target anyone for trivial or changing standards.

“this is a very slippery slope that we live on you you think that I'm joking about it but in 20 years if we keep going down this slope this podcast will get pulled”

He argues that modern media attempts to make public figures 'radioactive' to force their platforms to drop them, or to shame their audience.

“they make you radioactive so the platform takes you down so they don't have to deal with you and if the platform doesn't take you down and this is what they're going to start doing now because it's the same story every single time what they start doing is making your fans radioactive”

Tim Dillon claims that it is ridiculous to remove comedians from the airwaves for their comments and that they should have the right to speak freely even when their remarks are controversial or wrong.

“I think it is ridiculous to pull this guy off the air. I think it's ridiculous to pretend it was about money. I think it's ridiculous to pretend um that it's not a political hit job.”

While extreme behavior or hate speech should have consequences, cancel culture should not be applied to individuals whose political expression does not materially impact their professional duties.

“I think there's a line somewhere and that line for me is about are you dealing with people that may feel that you actually want them dead based on your commentary. Right?”

Akaash Singh suggests that cancel culture has faded, and comedians now have more freedom to speak their minds compared to five years ago.

“I feel like it was like that maybe like 5 years ago for like a few years but now I feel like you can kind of say whatever you want”

Shane Gillis suggests that the woke mob has finally been defeated by comedy.

“the woke mob dude finally beat him [ __ ] cancel culture”

The effectiveness of cancel culture has waned, as evidenced by public figures like Nate Bargatze successfully resisting pressure from Hollywood.

“They think if they can tie this word around Bargatze's neck, it'll be enough to destroy his career. Daily Beast going after him in addition to Variety. Everybody's going after him. Do they think this is 2018 again? This worked in 20 Oh, 2018, this guy would have caved in 2 seconds.”

Greg Gutfeld claims that cancel culture has died because people realized it actually helps rather than hurts the careers of those being targeted.

“But you know what we're what's great and what we're what we've learned is that woke woke and cancellation died when they realized it was helping people.”

People now understand that cancellation is not necessarily the end of a career.

“It's a bit harder because you people now realize you can survive cancellations.”

Piers Morgan believes that public figures who celebrate murder should face professional consequences, as such behavior is fundamentally incompatible with the duties of institutional roles.

“If you're an administrator of a university or a hospital or a school, if you're in charge of teaching people or in a medical practice and you are seen celebrating the deaths of innocent people publicly on social media, you should not keep your job, right?”

Teachers and individuals who endorse political violence should be fired from their positions to prevent radicalization.

“I want to defund the schools that allow teachers that celebrate murder to stay there and stay employed. I want to defund them. And I want I want to shame these teachers out of existence.”

Companies should not be forced to keep employees who swear at customers while on the job, regardless of who initiated the conflict.

“No employer can take the position that cussing out customers is okay as long as the customer started it. That that is not codified into any employee handbook that I've ever seen.”

Dave Rubin argues that the termination of Jimmy Kimmel’s show is not an example of cancel culture because it is a result of professional misconduct and poor performance rather than unjust mobbing.

“These people were canceled, if we if that's the word we're using, for not being particularly good at their job.”

He believes that firing an employee for poor professional conduct and damaging the brand is not a form of cancel culture.

“I'm sorry. It's not cancel culture to fire her either, bro. I don't care what she has to say. Putting her on a talk show is like a [ __ ] Guantanamo Bay level punishment.”