Beware The Sand 'N Slot

This one devious trick allows pundits to chime in when they don't really have anything to say

Earlier this week I came across this Twitter-take from the famous feminist writer Jessica Valenti about l’affaire l‘McNeil (yes, I am fluent in French):

Re: the latest 'cancel culture' kerfuffle at the NYT: If your concern is the chilling effect on people who want to say the n-word rather than the students who may be put off journalism entirely after hea…