On the one hand, I kind of agree with Jonah that Twitter has an outrage problem and "you have to care about this thing with me right now" is dumb

But it's also an expression of a bigger question: Are we all on the same team? https://twitter.com/MatthewJFranck/status/1387544054108495873
People on the right are quite tired of not receiving the kind of grace that Jonah (appropriately) grants to Glenn Kessler.

They reasonably ask "Where is this grace for me?"
I don't think he's said a single nice thing about Ron DeSantis and has certainly never shown him the kind of gentle grace he showed Glenn Kessler, who really was quite cruel to Tim Scott and never apologized or retracted a word of it.
To which he might say "I don't have to be on anyone's team!" and that's fair enough.

I too fit poorly into boxes.

But, especially with a culture of cancelling, people want to know who has their back, not "well I don't like this guy, but I guess he deserves a fair shake"
Ok, this is a good point https://twitter.com/pgepps/status/1387549295340134401
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