But wait: there's more: Cancel Culture Comes for Will Wilkinson – Reason.com Will Wilkinson is a vice president at the left-leaning Niskanen Center, a contributing writer at The New York Times, and someone who has frequently quarreled with me about so-called cancel culture. (I think it's generally bad when people are fired, expelled, or dragged on social media for saying stupid or poorly phrased things they quickly come to regret; Wilkinson has suggested to me that I've made too much of this problem.) On Wednesday, Wilkinson tweeted, "If Biden really wanted unity, he'd lynch Mike Pence." Lynching humor is virtually never a good idea, and this joke was especially badly executed. (Wilkinson said he was making a joke not at the former vice president's expense, but in reference to the Capitol rioters who had expressed a similar sentiment. The joke being that this time it was the far right calling for violence against a Republican official rather than the left.) Nevertheless, widespread outrage—some of it stoked by conservative news sites like The Federalist and The Daily Caller—ensued on social media. Wilkinson apologized, describing his tweet as a lapse in judgment.
For me, the most interestng part of the article is this: "Taylor" is Wilkinson's former boss... This affair has produced several hypocrisies. First, if the Niskanen Center "draws the line at statements that are, or can in any way be interpreted as, condoning or promoting violence," then it would have to fire its president. Taylor has arguably used Twitter in a manner that suggests he condones violence. He rooted for antifa to punch out Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who waved their guns at protesters encountered on their private street. "If I were in that march, and these racist lunatics were waiving [sic] guns at me, I'd like to think I'd rush them and beat their brains in," said Taylor. "And I wouldn't apologize for it for one goddam [sic] second." Unlike Wilkinson's tweet, there's little reason to assume this was meant in jest. Well, and this, too, since it connects to the first one: And unlike Wilkinson, Taylor is the president of the organization and sets the tone for what is permissible. If the boss can tweet an unapologetic call to "beat their brains in," his employees might very well think that edgy humor is okay. Perhaps that's why Taylor deleted his statement regarding Wilkinson's firing—he realized that it impugned him as well. (Neither Taylor nor a spokesperson for the Niskanen Center responded to a request for comment. Wilkinson declined to comment.) Another hypocrisy concerns the conservative news outlets that wrote about Wilkinson in the first place. Both The Federalist and The Daily Caller complain constantly about cancel culture, and favorably cover those who criticize it. They are often right to do so. (In fact, I have been quoted in The Federalist, The Daily Caller, and even a Niskanen Center report, about the perils of cancellation.) But when the time came to show the exact sort of mercy they otherwise would have called for had the subject been a victim of left-wing activists or the mainstream media, these elements of the right poured gasoline on this fire without any hesitation.
I don't want to alarm anyone but a Liberal spent his own tax paid dollars incorrectly This is worse than the time Stirling bought himself a sandwich using his own money whilst being black
Call readouts are back in fashion. Here’s the White House summary of Biden’s call with Macron: pic.twitter.com/oBrmVrprjd— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 24, 2021
Well, let's just hope the president didn't buy the exercise bike as a special gift for the First Lady...
The last meme I can think that came remotely close was the dual photos of the yelling woman vs the cool cat. And as popular that one was, I think the Bernie one easily surpassed it. But over $2mil in expected profits from the t-shirt and sweater sale: that's crazy! Bernie shifts conversation from memes to Meals On Wheels in 5 seconds. pic.twitter.com/qzRsa3O3ZY— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) January 24, 2021
Oh, dear god, it is too late. "It" (the most dreadful thing of all for a Democrat) has already happened: Note, I can not confirm the authenticity of this photograph, as it was posted reddit. Authentic or not, it is absolutely damning, though.
Team Biden should hire Dominion for everything. Talk about a company that doesn't ******** around. Gangsters are like, dudes, chill. Chill.
Biden moving forward with placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...rward-placing-harriet-tubman-20-bill-n1255566 The Obama administration announced in 2016 that it would be placing Tubman on the bill, replacing Andrew Jackson. But the Trump administration said in 2019 that the change would be delayed until at least 2028 because of technical issues. Psaki said the White House is "exploring ways to speed up that effort."
Biden is taking questions from the press corps now like a normal president. By the way, I am sure I will get bored soon it but I am really enjoying the Jen Psaki's daily show at the WH Press room. She is definitely informed and intelligent and informed. She is giving concrete answers with dates, solid facts, names etc and when she does not know she promise to look for answer and circle back. By the way, she announced that Harriett Tubman on the $20 bill is back on the table and the Treasury will update.