Quinn Norton has written insightfully on all manner of subjects for years. People who first became aware of her two hours ago rendered immediate furious judgment based on a trivial snippet of what she’s done, and NYT immediately acquiesced to their demands. Not a healthy dynamic
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Maybe she has flaws, but the breakneck speed with which these outrages now progress didn't allow for even a moment to consider her entire body of work -- she's immediately denounced as an irredeemably horrible person. PR department doesn't want the hassle, so they cave
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Replying to @mtracey
There are plenty of people locked up in jail because they made one mistake in their entire lives. No Michael, Quinn doesn't get to fail upwards this time.
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And those people (in large part) deserve mercy / forgiveness / understanding. What a weird rationale for why it's good that petty, irrational vengeance should be exacted on somebody else.
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Mercy / forgiveness / understanding? Did you folks over at the Young Turks give any of that to Hillary Clinton? How many times did Cenk run the super predator video on his show? And how many times did you tell him that Hillary deserves mercy / forgiveness / understanding?
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Very impressive that you could somehow turn this exchange into a complaint about the mistreatment of Hillary. Keep that going
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