So, is Tonja Renée Stidhum, the writer of the original article, going to apologize for calling her “KKK Princess”?
Or is it okay because she was technically quoting the worst people on Twitter? Because that’s not at all the exact same thing that the worst “news” groups (OAN, Newsmax) do to justify their own hate…

Less of this apologist shit.

I snarked because someone questioning why an article was necessary while commenting on the article always strikes me as hypocrisy at its finest.

though ironically, just the mere mention of her name seems to trigger a defense mechanism in some folks, despite there being neither attack nor coddling going on here

Thank you for your rational thinking—and thorough reading.

“I snarked because someone questioning why an article was necessary while commenting on the article always strikes me as hypocrisy at its finest.”

If Barron Trump grows up to be a piece of shit like literally the rest of his family, I will gleefully drag him in every possible way—but if he manages to be decent as a person and his personal views (not even requiring saintly goodness, here) despite those around him and the environment of his upbringing, then I…

Well, yes, I do want The Root to stay strong, so you’re welcome.

This is a really bad look for your site, and your writing as a whole.

You’re right.  She should have chosen a different family.

You repeat insulting names others on social media have called her as a way to say them yourself without actually saying them, then dismiss her apology as ‘boilerplate’, then summarize by saying that none of it matters anyways because a gay black man didn’t say anything funny about it you could instead base your…

“I notice you werent saying this article shouldnt exist BEFORE we wrote it!” isnt the Big Brain sentiment you think it is.

Now only if “KKKemper” could be considered “rational thinking”. But now we’re suddenly the civilised bunch. Way to much fun was had with using that smear.

We’re blaming people for given birth names and relatives now.

I think she already knew ages ago.

I still don’t know anything about them.

“..in a world of mea culpas over past blackface incidents and antebellum parties, it’s become fairly boilerplate at this point—but accountability is always welcome.”

A minimum of credit for an above average apology.

the original article was popular in part because it was linked all over the right wing o sphere as an example of “cancel culture gone amok”

The OP was speaking of the previous article as well as this one, and your response was “I noticed y’all are still clicking and commenting, so thanks for doing your part to keep our traffic strong. ;)“, hence my question of whether you feel it ok to drag innocent people for clicks. But reading is comprehension right?

I mean, I guess in saying this you’re owning your cynicism? Like, I get it, it’s your job. But blog-articles like these make the site feel a lot less genuine, and reacting with such a blasé attitude makes the “GMG Editorial is probably forcing them to write about this” rationalization a lot of us have over that, less…