I used to get letters from tenure-track but untenured profs saying "Please don& #39;t print this, I& #39;m not tenured" ("this" being some mainstream conservative opinion like "abortion is wrong".) Now for the first time, I& #39;m hearing tenured professors express worries about being fired. https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter/status/1283365498005192704">https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWh...

And not because they have craftily concealed their crypto-racism, but are worried that the canny investigators of cancel culture are onto them. These are people expressing thoughtful, careful opinions that range from center-right to center-left.

Now, those worries could be paranoia, but as I said the other day, then people within institutions who keep insisting that cancel culture doesn& #39;t exist should think about how to reassure their colleagues that they are safe.