I hope this goes without saying, but here it goes.
It's wrong and unprincipled to ignore, dismiss, or minimize past antisemitism by a @nytimes editor, or to treat it differently than you'd treat past racism by any other journalists, just because it was highlighted by Breitbart.
It's wrong and unprincipled to ignore, dismiss, or minimize past antisemitism by a @nytimes editor, or to treat it differently than you'd treat past racism by any other journalists, just because it was highlighted by Breitbart.
If you're not sure how to feel about this specific tweet, it might help to imagine it as a white person referring to black people, or a reference to Pride month.
https://twitter.com/gary_weiss/status/1164564590203740160?s=19
It might also help to realize that the author of the tweet admits it is offensive.
I won't weigh in on what, in general, punishment or statute of limitations should be for past bigoted tweets.
That said, if the newspaper sends message that anti-Jewish language is less problematic than other bigotry—see Q. Norton—that's a problem. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
That said, if the newspaper sends message that anti-Jewish language is less problematic than other bigotry—see Q. Norton—that's a problem. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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