As the progressive media world, seemingly in unison, denounces Elon Musk as the most dangerous man in America and decries his bid to purchase Twitter, I couldn’t help but wonder . . . wait, wasn’t Joe Rogan supposedly the most dangerous man in America a few months ago? And weren’t those Canadian truckers supposed to be the next great extremist menace?
Wasn’t Aaron Rodgers the next great threat a little bit before that? Wasn’t Nicki Minaj supposed to be a terrifying source of medical misinformation because of her tweet about her cousin’s friend in Trinidad received a Covid-19 vaccine and then developed swollen testicles and became impotent? Before that, Gina Carano? I’m pretty sure J. K. Rowling was the source of all evil for a week or two in there. I’m so old, I can remember when “Netflix’s support of Dave Chappelle [was] setting a dangerous precedent” . . . in November.
Is it the creator of LibsOfTikTok’s turn to become the Next Great Allegedly Right-Wing Menace, now that legendary tough-minded, hard-hitting, totally serious investigative journalist Taylor Lorenz has exposed her identity?
Have you noticed that the targets of online progressives’ ire just come and go every few weeks? And with certain exceptions, those figures just keep doing what they’re doing, with little consequence? If a particular figure doesn’t get canceled, those furious commentators just give up after a while and move on to someone else. Why, it is almost as if they aren’t genuinely outraged by something truly beyond the pale; they just have a deep-rooted psychological compunction to be outraged about somebody, somewhere, all the time.
The dog barks, but the caravan moves on.