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Joel Mielke's avatar

I don't like political talk shows, nor "improv" comedy, but this is deliciously droll:

https://youtu.be/jS-sxJFn6O0

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Joel Mielke's avatar

This piece is helpful in thinking in general about the imagined threat of “cancel culture.”

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Roland Stephen's avatar

She had me at the axe emoji. Gadzooks! How intolerable.

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Timothy Noah's avatar

I presume the axe was intended to peg Weiss as a hatchet wielder rather than someone who deserves the Lizzie Borden treatment. It still isn’t very nice, but not as threatening as I think you’re imagining. Still, there’s a lot we don’t know.

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Roland Stephen's avatar

No no! I was being facetious. Perhaps I’m showing my age but an emoji is hardly something to get your panties in a bunch over.

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Joel Mielke's avatar

She's a professional panty-buncher.

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