After this whole NYT showdown, I'll definitely appreciate SSC more. I always liked it, but it was just one blog among many. The realization that it could disappear at any time somehow makes it seem more precious.
Tucker Carlson recently perfomed the same kind of cynical rhetorical judo. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/21/tucker-carl...)
Influential platforms do, once in a while, see a drop of accountability. The reaction to it is telling
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