I think what makes this cancellation particularly egregious, and potentially one public lynching too many leading to a rebound and eventual reset, is the combination of factors specific to Roisin's case.
She has feet in both camps, both the older GC female audience who appreciate her no nonsense older woman succeeding in a man's world success, and the younger blue hairs who only see her queer friendly and inclusive schtick. Everyone wants to dance to her.
Her comments were clearly private, thus uncensored and with maximum emotion but fully balanced with realism and rigour. No anti trans rant was this. And we really hate a snitch.
And that a scalp was collected the same time that three others, men, weren't (Cooper, Santana, Ne Yo), in addition to other male "transgressors" seemingly with burnished credentials (Gervais etc). The bullying all on one community only.
And that the inability to ruin one GC woman, JKR, means anger turned onto the next visible successful woman who dares speak (even in private). Enough is enough.
Others were burnt, but this one has extra levels of iniquity.
And it's come in this year of 2023 where No Debate is over, and the balloon of pomposity of support for Lia Thomas, Isla Bryson, Dylan Mulvaney, Mika Minio, SJB etc is pricked.
Maybe in 2019, or even 2022, the scolds would be holding the line. In 2023 and onwards, that line has moved.
As more and more artists speak out, we'll see just how fragile and fraught the Bragg contingent is, ie of art only within the tight confines of the day, at the behest of a moral line made on behalf of the artist.
Whatever another artist feels about what she wrote, even if they disagree, they surely feel strongly about autonomy.
They can't believe in artistic integrity and autonomy, and support Bragg at the same time.
Its another zero sum game in a philosophy that is only zero sum games.