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.
Antifa Group Protests At Tucker Carlson’s Home, Posts His Address Online
They rang his doorbell several times with no answer, gleefully posting their activity on Twitter while chanting, “No Borders! No Wall! No USA at all!”
The Left Isn’t Deranged About Trump, They’re Power Addicts Crazy For Another Hit
They respond to Trump like a junkie would: not by rationally accepting the situation, but by ripping out all the copper wiring and setting the house on fire.
Baseball Fans Clap Back At Online Mobs Out For Players’ Careers Over Teenage Tweets
A career death penalty for a tweet seems egregious especially when the same guardians of public morality are extolling those who offend public sensibilities in other ways.
Nikki Haley To Students: Do Better Than Merely ‘Own The Libs’
Nikki Haley essentially urged young conservatives to avoid trolling, which is sort of ironic since her boss has become the troller-in-chief.
James Gunn And Brett Kavanaugh Illustrate The Left’s Disregard For Playing By The Rules
Both offer lessons on the benefit of having a clean paper trail, and insight into how we think about the very concept of rules in our society.
Attacks On Public Officials Will Make Only The Worst Want Those Jobs
As tough as Washington has always been, protesting a cabinet secretary during a private dinner is a new low point for civility. What ever happened to ‘When they go low, we go high?’
The HuffPost Ruined An Entire Family For One Person’s Tweets
Luke O’Brien’s attack on Amy Mekelburg’s family is part of a growing trend in the left-wing press to go after ordinary people for the views of others.
Kevin Williamson Firing Tightens Social Media Mobs’ Hold On Civil Discourse
Demonizing millions of good people, like Kevin Williamson, for believing what they believe or voting who they voted for is poisonous to our country.
August Ames Didn’t Have To Die Over Accusations Of Homophobia
Were August Ames merely run out of a job, we wouldn’t be talking about it—because that has become pretty commonplace. We got our sacrifice. And now it’s bigger.
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