Here's why some of us oppose cancel culture consistently: institutional response to Bari at the NYT was cheered on heartily by ppl at the NYT, this time they get an angry outcry. They were wrong to do it both cases but were told last time they'd be wrong *not* to do it.
Conservatives, myself included, spent this week defending Will Wilkenson because right and wrong doesn't depend on political affiliation. Institutions will react this way until the public sends them a message that they ought not to.
I still don't even understand what happened to Wolfe from the NYT perspective: editors have opinions! And express them! It's actually part of the job much of the time. Hold institutions accountable for playing 'three felonies a day' with ppl's livelihoods.
Like the NYT just once again tosses this grenade out there and the pavlovian response here is to be at each other's throats on who's to blame for what the NYT did. There may be other culprits here but surely the NYT is a main one, right? They start fires and walk away.
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