Cancel culture has become a big thing in the last year. Since the rise of the #MeToo movement, many celebrities have been “cancelled”. However, a lot of people have denounced cancel culture because of the fact that a lot of these allegations are merely that and not fact. The question is, is cancel culture then justified?As someone who is on social media a lot, I have seen multiple celebrities become “cancelled.” A lot have deserved it but some did not. To me, to be “cancelled” celebrities have to not show remorse for their problematic choices or show to have grown since the incident in question. If the person has shown either of these traits, they do not deserve to be cancelled. However, this does not apply to a celebrity that has abused, murdered or sexually assaulted someone.There have been many celebrities that deserve to be cancelled but one that did not is David Dobrik. David Dobrik got cancelled because of racist and homophobic tweets from 2012. He was 16 when he made these tweets. Yes, he should’ve known better but he was still a child when he tweeted this. People also have to remember 2012 was a different time especially on social media. Many people on social media acted different than they do now. Back then, people got away with saying slurs. It wasn’t right but it was a different time. He has shown growth from these tweets and has not posted anything problematic as an adult.There are many examples of celebrities that deserve to be cancelled and R. Kelly is one of them. R. Kelly is an R&B singer, producer, and songwriter. Over the years, he has been accused by multiple women of abuse, inappropriate sexual relationships and other sexual misconduct. These allegations have been brought back to the spotlight recently because of the Lifetime documentary “Surviving R. Kelly”. The repeated accusations against him make him a great example of someone who deserves to be cancelled.Cancel culture is not a court of law, so there are also some celebrities whose actions fall within a grey area. This is the case for Michael Fassbender who is most well known for the X-Men franchise, the Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds, and the critically acclaimed movie 12 Years A Slave. In 2010, Fassbender’s ex- girlfriend Sunawin Andrews filed a restraining order against him. The restraining order read that Fassbender had to stay 100 yards away from her and her kids. The abuse Fassbender is accused of is without corroboration and without a pattern from women in his life. In the court filings, Andrews said that, “Michael was drinking and became angry. Michael was driving my car dangerously fast and screaming at me. I begged him to stop ... Got out walked around the car to pull key from ignition. Michael drove of[f] dragging me along from the car”. Not that many people know of these allegations against Fassbender and even though these are serious allegations, his career has flourished since. He even won two Oscars after the allegations came out. A friend following the couple the night of this incident has said that while they were aware the two had fought, they witnessed none of these events. A situation like this leaves it up to the audience in terms of whether to support this actor.Cancel culture is justified if it is cancelling a person who has done disgusting acts such as abuse, sexual assault, any sort of abuse, murder, pedophilia, or rape. If the celebrity has shown remorse and growth, they do not deserve to be cancelled. This applies to mostly having racist, homophobic, or problematic tweets.Sources: