1. In the New York Times, James McWhorter wrote about the late actor Fredric March's membership of a fraternity calling itself the Ku Klux Klan. McWhorter's piece is partly effective but undermined by the mental habits of reflexive contrarianism.
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3. The strange thing here is that the main argument (March's really stellar life) is plausible & sufficient in and of itself, that McWhorter didn't need to make the absurd claim that frat could call itself the Klu Klux Klan just because "boys" love the "k" sound.pic.twitter.com/g4w8NivAqj
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4. McWhorter's piece shows the degree to which the professional anti-cancel culture people share the faults of the people they criticize: a one-dimensional & melodramatic view of history & inability to see nuance. More here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/a-holistic-history?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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