Atlantic Fires Kevin Williamson After Suddenly Realizing He Believes The Things He Says

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In an email to his staff Thursday afternoon, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, announced that recently hired opinion columnist Kevin Williamson was fired after Goldberg realized that Williamson did, in fact, believe his own words that women should be hanged for having abortions.

Earlier Thursday, a company-wide event had been scheduled in which Atlantic editor Adrienne LaFrance was set to interview Williamson in front of staff, according to several Atlantic employees, but the meeting was canceled at the last minute. Goldberg announced Williamson’s firing just hours later, though a similar interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates scheduled for Friday appears to be going on as planned.

This news comes just weeks after The Atlantic announced Williamson’s hiring, which immediately sparked an uproar from people concerned that the publication was giving space to a man who compared a 9-year-old black child to a primate and, now most famously, said that women who get abortions should be hanged.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kevin-williamson-fired-atlantic_us_5ac66563e4b09d0a1191532b

[Blue_Tires]

1. The fact that it took THIS much fucking backlash

for a supposed liberal publication to change course doesn't bode well for the future...

At least he'll have a home with The Intercept...

[SoCalMusicLover]

2. So Comparing A 9 Year Old Black Child To A Primate Is Acceptable

But proposing the hanging of women who get abortions crosses the line.