Is it "cancel culture" or "accountability culture" and is it really a thing?

I think it's real. It's not something just one side of the aisle does. I think there are times when "canceling" is appropriate, drawing attention to someone's bad behavior, like Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein. To me that's not "cancel culture", that's just justice. Other times it's not appropriate because it's looking at something someone did in the past and basically saying they can't change or be a better person now. It's reasonable for people to face consequences for bad things they've done; it's not reasonable to demand swift "cancelation" with no context and without knowing all the facts (the latter of which is often what gets called "cancel culture" and there's a reason why many have a problem with it).