Most, if not all, of you have already heard about now former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss’s resignation letter, in which she claims that she suffered “constant bullying” by ‘woke’ colleagues, who supposedly called her “a Nazi and a racist.”
I am not going to wade into the debate as to whether what she wrote is true or not, or why she felt the need to resign in this way (although I clearly have issues with the New York Times news coverage). But I do want to point you to this Twitter thread by pundit Drew Holden, which I think is rather self-explanatory – and disturbing.
I don’t know how else to put it. Lots of media outlets find Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani more sympathetic than Bari Weiss.
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We’ll start with @CNN. Soleimani was “revered and powerful” where Weiss was “controversial” for criticizing progressive culture. pic.twitter.com/a3jInSUp80
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
I am less than surprised to see @nytimes, Weiss’s former employer, added to the list.
Soleimani was the “master of Iran’s intrigue” who “built a Shiite axis of power” whereas Weiss “has been known to question aspects of social justice movements.” pic.twitter.com/zLXQV8IWVC
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
@businessinsider is happy to air Iranian propaganda about nightmare scenarios for the “elite commander” Soleimani.
Weiss is a “controversial editors” who as been “slammed” by her colleagues for wrongthink. pic.twitter.com/WmZnCTiWzG
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
@latimes says that Soleimani was a “commander widely seen as a pillar of the Islamic Republic” in the midst of US sanctions.
Weiss is “a controversial figure inside and outside of the paper.” pic.twitter.com/h8aiAUAYAc
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
Even the Canadian press got into the mix! Here’s @nationalpost.
Soleomani is a “famed general” whereas Weiss is a “controversial columnist.” pic.twitter.com/XaUI5vYNOo
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
And the galaxy brains chimed in on Twitter. @nberlat is concerned that Soleimani is painted as someone who “occupies the narrative position of the bad guy” but Weiss is leaving because “no one else will tolerate her shoddy work and mistreatment of other staff.” pic.twitter.com/NpTXRhGStp
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
Never change, @cenkuygur pic.twitter.com/2IKpMJK1HC
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
Anyway, we live in a broken and deranged society and @bariweiss is the latest victim.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
Anyway, this thread helped me learn that Parker Molloy and I have different senses of humor, which was shocking.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 15, 2020
Says it all really. We live in ‘woke’ times indeed.