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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Is what she wrote, or what the Harper’s Letter contained, controversial? No. We should, I’d say must, aspire to the type of dialogue sought by the Harper’s Letter signatories. When someone offends you, you’re first move is not to destroy the person. The first move is to offend him or her back, or mock their offensive behavior. To support cancel culture is to cut off dialogue. It’s like reacting to offensive language by keying the speaker’s car or egging his home.

Plenty of people disagreed with the Harper's letter and explained why. I've posted some of those responses here. You prefer to ignore what those people are saying, and to instead pretend that they are "destroy[ing]" the authors, "offend[ing them] back," or "mock[ing] their offensive behavior." Who is doing that? Who are you arguing against? Why do you prefer to disagree with stupid things that no one is saying instead of actual things that some people are saying?

Still waiting for an explanation of how Bari Weiss has been "silenced" but I do not expect to get one. You use words like "destroyed" and "silenced" when you seem to mean "met with fundamental criticism instead of the fawning the author would prefer."