Thread by @danielmarans

Yes, @EricLevitz, looking at the source material now, it was a debate over whether the Brooklyn Commons, a private venue, should host an anti-semite. Nathan makes all the maximalist free-speech arguments I still believe in ...

https://twitter.com/Jacob__Siegel/status/1380502522377437187

... The public square now consists largely of private spaces, so even if constitutional, encouraging professed open fora to pick and choose is harmful; who gives authority to censors; nothing to be feared from bad ideas; good speech defeats bad. currentaffairs.org/2016/09/let-th…

Nathan's free to change his opinions. But there's a lack of self-awareness in going from lamenting his firing from The Guardian -- and mobilizing colleagues against it -- to poo-pooing Substack's openness ... without acknowledging the parallels to Brooklyn Commons.

Here's Nathan mocking the seriousness of cancel culture in an April Fools post mere weeks after proclaiming his victimhood to said culture on questions of Israel-Palestine.

Domstack -- get it?! currentaffairs.org/2021/04/thats-…