You Should Think Through The Positions You Hold

The latest volley in ‘The Times’ Wars demonstrates a certain thoughtless strain in progressive discourse

Like everyone else in media, I’ve been keeping a close eye on the latest wave of internecine fighting within The New York Times that was kicked off by The Open Letter (it has achieved definite-article status) signed by a bunch of contributors and others arguing (falsely) that the paper’s recent coverage of transgender issues has been deeply transphobic.