Once, bakers were shunned for refusing to bake cakes for same-sex weddings. Now, the attorney general threatens companies that resist printing pro-Charlie Kirk shirts. (Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images) ...

As some prominent conservatives target both ordinary people and public figures for their comments about Charlie Kirk, they are trying to rebrand a practice they once maligned. By Joseph Bernstein Mr.

Few issues in recent years have united the American right as much as their professed hatred of cancel culture. That’s changing.

In the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing, conservatives have embraced a phenomenon they previously called toxic: cancel culture. The impulse to cancel some voices this past week is understandable: ...

“Cancel culture” has been a mainstream talking point since the mid-2010s, though its meaning has never been murkier. Is cancel culture when someone faces backlash for racist, sexist, or homophobic ...