The way I put it before: “Say what you want. But there are consequences to speaking publicly, intended and unintended, legal and illegal.” No different now — everyone is still “free”, but it’s the stakes for speaking out that have changed — drastically. Some of the dimmer bulbs here thought I was somehow justifying Kirk’s death with this way of thinking. But the same applies in Kimmel’s case. It’s a harsh, cold, bitter, unfair, angering, tragic reality. Loomer’s comments are simply beyond the pale.
I’ve also spoken previously about my disdain for moral cowardice. Perhaps one comes to expect it in politics. I have been more surprised to see it in corporate America. I am pretty shocked (and saddened, and scared) to see it in national media, especially as one who views Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee as personal heroes.
