The New York Times Using Its Reporting Resources To Weaponize Teen Drama Is A Scary Trend
At 15, Mimi Groves said the n-word word in an attempt to be ‘cool,’ and the video sat for years. It wasn’t until it was weaponized against her that anyone cared at all.
‘Mandalorian’ Star And MMA Fighter Gina Carano Takes On Transgender Bullies On Twitter
Gina Carano on refusing to endorse transgender language: ‘I’m not against trans lives at all. They need to find less abusive representation.’
Your Complete Guide To Canceling Every Team In Major League Baseball
Why stop at the Cleveland Indians or Texas Rangers? When you think about it, every single team name in Major League Baseball is irredeemably offensive.
The Woke Mob Slavering After Tucker Carlson’s Job Are Proving Him Right
The utilitarian logic, that we must turn down the volume on some people before they do it to us, has no end. After all, who gets the remote?
The Monument-Destroying Mobs Don’t Hate The Confederacy, They Hate America
The mobs defacing and pulling down monuments across America have no limiting principle because their target is America itself.
If You Don’t Support Black Lives Matter, You’re Fired
Black Lives Matter isn’t interested in fighting actual racism. But it is interested in whether you support its agenda—and getting you fired if you don’t.
How The Media Uses Twitter To Exacerbate Cancel Culture
Entertainment media outlets need to be more responsible, and toe the line between defining cancel culture conflicts and manufacturing them.
Carson King Defies Cancel Culture By Raising Even More Money
After the Des Moines Register outed offensive tweets local charity sensation Carson King had written at age 16, donations to his charitable cause tripled.
Banks Increasingly Pressured To Cut Off Money To People The Left Doesn’t Like
Biased banking represents a gross abuse of power with implications far beyond the nation’s gun control debate. It gets to the very idea of America as a nation governed by the rule of law.
Carson King Doesn’t Need Our Forgiveness, But The Des Moines Register Owes Him An Apology
While researching internet sensation philanthropist Carson King for a profile in the Des Moines Register, writer Aaron Calvin unearthed unsavory tweets King authored when he was 16.
Kevin Williamson Fires On Social Media Outrage And ‘Antidiscourse’
In the wake of losing a job over a social media tantrum, writer Kevin Williamson’s new book, ‘The Smallest Minority,’ sets its sights on outrage culture and the results are witty, caustic, and illuminating.
Australian Rugby Star Sacked For Posting Christian Meme On Instagram
GoFundMe, where Israel Folau initially located his legal defense fund after being fired over a Christian Instagram meme, abruptly closed his account, accusing him of bigotry.
SNL’s Mocking Of Woke Twitter Indicates Emerging Consensus On Callout Culture
Taken together, ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ sketch and Peggy Noonan’s recent column might suggest an emergent consensus on the campaigning of woke Twitter activists.
Leftist Attempt To Purge Northam Over Blackface Fits Collectivists’ Historic Temper
Conformity with leftist orthodoxy has been enforced in unsavory ways over the last century. Modern leftists might want to rethink their dogpile model, although history suggests they won’t.
The Biggest Threat To Press Freedom Is The Media Itself
Major media organizations are about to be sued for irresponsibly turning innocent Covington Catholic school boys into objects of national hatred. A lack of standards threatens to open the media to all kinds of legal liabilities.
The Covington Catholic Students Deserve A Huge Apology From Everyone. I’ll Start
The Covington Catholic school students should go on with the rest of their young lives knowing that many are sorry they contributed to their public impugning and regret it.
The Problem With Outrage Culture Isn’t The Outrage, It’s How It’s Wielded
Although these often superfluous, theatrical, and overindulgent displays have been the source of much ridicule, outrage and offence are not intrinsically bad intuitions.
The Bigotry At The Heart Of The Covington Affair Belongs To The Left
After days of outrage and condemnations, the Covington affair has revealed a disturbing bigotry among far too many media figures and outlets on the left.
What ‘The American Meme’ Teaches Us About Covington Catholic
The wall between social media and ‘real life’ is an insidious influence. Twitter is real life. Just ask the boys of Covington Catholic.
Kevin Hart Missed A Big Opportunity To Stare Down The Outrage Mob
Kevin Hart should be hosting the Oscars. But now he won’t, because of homosexuality-related jokes he made a decade ago.