Firing Ilya Shapiro is the coward's way out. @GeorgetownLaw knew exactly who he was when it hired him. His racist tweets were part of a longstanding pattern of bigoted trolling. The school is only backtracking because its own bad decision has blown up in its face.
These comments from @AdamSerwer, @JillFilipovic, and @HeerJeet capture my thoughts. I'll add one more: If GULC was willing to ignore Ilya's pattern of racist trolling before, it cannot credibly pretend to suddenly care now. The school knows exactly what it signed up for. 
As a frenzied mob of grievance conservatives redirects attention to me, I'd like to reiterate (1) Ilya is responsible for his own words, (2) I do not make GULC's employment decisions, and (3) criticizing a public figure's behavior does not constitute an attempt to get them fired.
Conservatives are obsessed with the lie that my tweets caused GULC's action today, fueled by National Review's libel that I "solicited" the dean's comment. This outrage-mongering is designed to distract from Ilya's presumption that any Black woman nominated by Biden is "lesser."
These convulsions from the right send a very clear message: Criticize our friend and we will subject you to an unrelenting hate campaign.
It's an obvious attempt to intimidate their perceived foes into silence with an onslaught of repugnant bile.
It's an obvious attempt to intimidate their perceived foes into silence with an onslaught of repugnant bile.
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1488224191690289154
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