The Right's version of cancel culture.
I hate both of them. (Sorry, hate is a bad word, replace with "extremely dislike").
As you know I'm strongly in favor of free speech and a free exchange of ideas, the exception being death threats or incitement of violence.
There is a line between cancel culture for fair and legitimate opinions, often expressed sometime in the distant past, and fair consequences for some repulsive opinion expressed in the current which may affect The fortunes or reputation of the employer.
Sacking somebody for speech not in keeping with a company's values is not cancel culture. A few examples:
*Let's say I'm working on some kids beloved pony and I call it a f****** mongrel in front of the kid. Yes I have free speech and I am able to do that, but what I could not expect would be to retain that person's custom, I would be summarily dismissed on the spot.
*If a person is in healthcare or in education or whatever else, it doesn't matter, and they get on Tiktok spouting off repulsive opinions about a family man being assassinated for his opinion. That persons employment is not in keeping with the values of their employer and rightly deserve to be sacked.
I could go on with several examples. IMO incitement to violence probably should be prosecuted and that is what is happening currently.
In Kimmel's case, he demonstrably lied on air and reportedly intended to double down on the hateful rhetoric.
Therefore I do not believe that Kimmel's sacking has anything to do with cancel culture, merely a consequence of contravening the values and reputation of his employer.
Additionally his ratings have been going in the tank recently and they may have been looking for a reason to pull the plug anyway.