OK this is the cynic inside me talking, but let's suppose for a moment you are a Chinese(or Russian) geopolitical strategical planner. The current cancel culture is a gift from the gods, you send several undercover agents over there, and help to amplify this ridiculous state of affairs, start cancelling "dangerous" scientists or lines of research and help your country to gain long-term scientific and technological advantage over a society more interested on the correct number of new genders or on what is the minimum % needed of women speakers in a conference in order to not boycott it.