'I'm glad I signed it': Jeet Heer argues Harper Magazine's free-speech letter advocates for basic, 'anodyne' principles
As befits a manifesto, the current wave of protest and social activism is described as “a moment.” The anti-racism movement is “powerful,” demands for police reform are “overdue” and calls for wider inclusion across society is part of a “needed reckoning,” the letter declares.“But this needed reckoning has also intensified a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity.
There first came a blast of tweets from those who signed it, touting their reasons for supporting it. Coincident with the criticism came a wave of mockery, such as people revealing unflattering proclivities about signatories, and making fun of some as has-beens or unknowns.
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