I think again you're missing the context - it's about YA books and diversity/sensitivity: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/books/amelie-wen-zhao-blood-heir-ya-author-pulls-debut-accusations-racism.html …. There was an author sacked for tweeting a Rowling hashtag, but no books withdrawn yet AFAIK, and certainly not over 'inauthenticity': https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scots-author-sacked-backing-jk-rowling-2904530 …
It uses the word silence later on. And the "threat of reprisal" is a bit meaningless, virtually everything comes with some "threat" of "reprisal" As to risk aversion, is the pendulum swinging against racism worse than the previous situation?
-
-
As already discussed, that later use was 'trying to silence or wish away', and was juxtaposed with 'exposure, argument and persuasion'. The pendulum and comparison you describe is the subject of the ENTIRE first paragraph. Surely you don't object to that para?pic.twitter.com/oOwr7bEWvA
-
Only insofar as it's vacuous nonsense. The statements are so general that they could literally apply to anything, then some vague appeal to Trump as an attempt to establish some left-wing creds. It's standard "both sides" absurdity
- Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.