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What's It's Like to Win a Pyrrhic Victory in the Cancel Culture Wars

The denouement of Georgetown's "investigation" into my "offensive" tweet.

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Oct 08, 2022
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When last we left my Georgetown story, it was mid-May and the farcical “investigation” into my tweet was approaching the four-month mark. I was starting to get plaudits all over the place for just “hanging in there” and taking the high road by not publicly attacking Georgetown’s insanity and Dean Treanor’s pusillanimity. It’s a low bar, but I was happy …

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