A well-known author and lecturer at Georgetown Law School has been placed on administrative leave by the school for a tweet complaining that Biden’s Supreme Court choice will be a “lesser black woman” instead of a clearly better Asian-American candidate. Michelle Goldberg argues that he should not lose his job for this fairly stupid statement, and that the liberal left needs to stand up for free speech against the illiberal left; otherwise, the door will be open for the right to use its political power to impose an even more obnoxious form of censorship. Is she right?
Absolutely! The moderate, liberal left has to be willing to stand up to the woke left, or it will have no credibility with the public in its battle with the more dangerous DeSantis right. I’m doing my part. I hope the rest of you will, as well.