John C. Wright's Journal

Freddy deBoer laments the inability of the plague-bearers to admit their plague of campus censorship exists.

His remarks are here, and worth reading. (https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/please-just-throw-me-a-bone-with?s=r)

This specific case he mentions is this: In 2015, the undergrad newspaper of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut published a student an op/ed that slightly criticized BlackLivesMatter. The Enemy mounted a student campaign to have the newspaper defunded and destroyed, and, even though the effort failed, the paper now self-censors.

Even a stroke that misses, if the victim quails, strikes home.

The mindset of the witch-hunt does not allow for any slightest admission of error by the witch-hunter. No one wants to be the first to cease applauding for Stalin.

Mr. deBoer concludes with this remark:

Is the concept of an exception itself now rejected in spaces dictated by “social justice” mores? I think it is. The ratchet only goes in one direction. And what they all understand very well is that the only way to avoid ever being the condemned is to always side with the prosecutors.

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A friend brought this to my attention with the words “I thought the headline was simply clickbait, but nope. It looks serious. May God forgive us.”

Marvel Says Jesus Christ Was A Mutant & The X-Men Can Resurrect Him

Had I been the editor at Bleeding Cool, I would have put forth a different headline, something more along the lines of this:

Marvel is a Brood of Vipers; How Shall they Escape the Wrath to Come?

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