Mobs, Tattletales, and Home Depot Cashiers

A Consideration of Cancellation

Darcy Pinckney’s words weren’t unusual by Facebook standards, nor was her distaste for our Once and Future President. She was hardly the first person to wish Donald Trump dead on Facebook or any other social media platform. In fact, for years comments of this ilk had been greeted not with scorn but with likes and upvotes.

But given the circumstances, Ms…