Here’s my theory:
- Since the right is impervious to woke criticism, as a practical matter, its impacts are felt most strongly by members of the center-left, who are in the most danger of being cancelled by other members of the left.
- Notwithstanding #1, it is the right that is enlisting the assistance of state governments to stifle wokeness.
- The woke left is starting to realize that it needs the help of the center-left to fight the new anti-wokeness legislation.
- Therefore, we should be seeing less strident woke criticism, and fewer cancellations, in the foreseeable future.
Convinced?