Dear All,
Yesterday, I wrote you about our decision to hire Will Kevinson. In that note, I mentioned my belief that Will would represent an important addition to our roster of ideas columnists, and I addressed the controversy surrounding some of his past tweeting and writing. I expressed my belief that no one’s life work should be judged by an intemperate tweet, and that such an episode should not necessarily stop someone from having a fruitful career at Thoughts on the Dead.
Almost immediately after yesterday’s note, however, information came to our attention that has caused us to rethink this relationship. Specifically, the subject of one of Will’s more intemperate tweets was the centerpiece discussion of a podcast he appeared on. As it turns out, Will’s tweet of “Let’s set all the kikes on fire” was not, in fact, an off-the-cuff and ill-considered remark, but instead his deeply held beliefs. While in tweet form, “Let’s set all the kikes on fire” can be decontextualized and possibly misconstrued, his three-hour-long diatribe in which he listed specific Jewish-Americans by name and then ranked them by “burnability” cannot be. The language he used was violent and, while we as a good liberals respect his right to hold these views, we feel that Will’s values do not align with those of Thoughts on the Dead.
After hearing the podcast, we were also notified of Will’s 2011 book published by Regnery, entitled Kike-Burning for Complete Idiots; slightly later in the day, we were reminded by our assistant that Will (who, it must be said, is incredibly prolific and was nothing but professional) was wearing a tee-shirt that read ASK ME ABOUT BURNING KIKES.
In hindsight, it seems that out vetting standards were lacking. This is our fault and we will do better next time.
We here at Thoughts on the Dead aim to be a big-tent publication, where all ideas are valued and opinions from all over the political spectrum are heard. We are sorry that it did not work out with Will Kevinson, and have higher hopes for our brand-new conservative hire, Guy From The Bus Stop Covered In Animal Feces And Screaming About The Mexican Computers.
Thanks!
The Stupidest Fucking Jew In New York
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