I find the cancellation gotcha games silly, gauche, and (if you’ll pardon) campy.

However these are rules: and what’s more interesting than first order “offense” here is the state of exception.

Why is this allegedly right wing Harvard professor not cancelled over camp talk? https://twitter.com/damonlinker/status/1230499496280436737

Is it simply that lacking charisma and force of personality he is considered harmless, or is there some tacit understanding.

Vermeules collaborative work with Cass Sunstein gestures toward an answer.

Damon Linker (whoever that is) blocked me on account of this thread.

Imagine the thin skin