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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

You’ve made no point here. If we compare the heft of her letter to the weak and incoherent attack you’ve made upon it, the only conclusion to be reached is you were better off not commenting on her.

The argument that these reporters who are fired or pushed out by left wing nuts are actually fired for being lousy reporters does not apply in most instances. It’s a dodge - a way for the left to defend itself without defending itself, without reaching the merits on which it would lose. And it’s particularly lacking in Weiss’s case. She was quite successful, controversial, and brought a lot of eyeballs to the Times. Just as Taibbi is single handedly keeping Rolling Stone’s political coverage section afloat.

The Times didn’t want her to leave. She’s exactly the kind of smart provocateur media outlets desire. Unfortunately, the orthodox reporters around were not so comfortable in having their “religion” criticized by heretics like her.

She’ll do well, it’s true. We should not feel badly for her and she does not ask us to do so. Her letter is “fuck off,” not “woe is me.”

We should feel badly for the Times.

Bari Weiss is going to make a lot of money posing as a victim of the New York Times, because people like you eat that shit up uncritically.

eta: And now Andrew Sullivan is being silenced too! Oh the humanity!