I think it's also interesting that (at least in part) Norton's firing was due to using a slur that refers to a group for which she belongs. Imagine if there was

I think it's also interesting that (at least in part) Norton's firing was due to using a slur that refers to a group for which she belongs. Imagine if there was a similar cancellation when Barack Obama used the n word on Marc Maron's podcast. She was also pretty upfront about the moral conflict of befriending a person like weev who she considered despicable. I dont think Sarah Jeong actually wants to follow through with her violent racist tweets, but I also don't think that Norton actually hates LGBT people or non-whites. It seems like a double standard to me. wrt Sullivan, the NYT was still happy to publish Professor David Reich's op-ed in 2018 which cautiously espoused the same controversial ideas. Even HN's beloved Scott Alexander wrote a Slatestarcodex article about how some aspects of intelligence might be inheritable.