I think they should have, but I'd also like to turn this around: Shouldn't Kevin Williamson have explained by now what his position is on this issue? Not like he's forced to remain silent while everyone is twisting their brains trying to figure out what he really thinks. https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/982994523910557697 …
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That's kind of a crucial point. If he's being misrepresented, he has more than ample opportunity to explain what his real views are.
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I would advise people *not* to justify themselves to online mobs, even if their views *have* been misrepresented. The reason being that it potentially encourages mobbing behaviour.
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"on line mobs" being, in this case, people who accurately quoted the public words of prominent writer & judged him accordingly.
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I think it's been quoted out of full context.
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The contextual stuff you've cited doesn't really change the import of the more widely quoted words.
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