As I am primarily known for criticizing cancel culture, Will Wilkinson—who once suggested I branch out to "slightly more important stories"—may be the closest thing I have to an ideological foe. In that spirit, I oppose his firing.
reason.com/2021/01/22/nis…
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Staggering number of hypocrisies here, frankly. Will's tweet was very bad, but more obviously a joke than what the president of the organization, Jerry Taylor, tweeted earlier this year. 
Taylor's tweet "can be interpreted as condoning violence" to a much greater degree than Wilkinson's. And Taylor is the boss, so one could reasonably infer that sort of thing is okay if he does it.
I also think conservative news sites that rightly complain about cancel culture—often citing me when they do!—should not have helped stoke an outrage mob against Wilkinson.
We've now expanded "cancel culture" to the point of breaking the term. (No, Jim Jordan, Donald Trump's impeachment is not cancel culture.) But Wilkinson's case is a textbook example and I regret that this is happening to him. reason.com/2021/01/22/nis…
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