31. I criticized Jon before when he was hired, so I was worried revisiting this stuff would come across as a vendetta.
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32. And personally I like Jon, and have already stretched my friendship with him near the breaking point.
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33. It might be useful to clarify that this isn't about Jon but about widely shared elite attitudes he usefully articulated.
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34. In terms of personal kindness and professional ability, Jon is beyond reproach.
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35. But that's just the problem: Jon is a good guy, a good editor, but he represents a system that doesn't think it has a diversity problem
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36. So listening to Jon Kay is like confronting the a concrete wall. You can only bang your head against it.
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37. I'll wrap this up but I have to say I'm mystified by
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@colbycosh You two seemed to have common ground, despite the barbed back & forth, but this is really an uncalled for use of race.@HeerJeet1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@absurdlyabsurd@HeerJeet We’ve got lots of common ground. We both think the other is a better writer than Conrad Black.2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
@colbycosh @absurdlyabsurd I think Colby is a far, far better writer than Conrad Black or Rex Murphy. Have no problem with CC in Walrus.
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@HeerJeet@absurdlyabsurd I don’t think Jon was really suggesting it, but that’s kind of a separate point it’s probably not wise to bring up1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@colbycosh@HeerJeet Probably best for no one to state the ranking of one’s colleagues in an online, open format.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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