Does forgiveness have a utility? This is a hobby horse, I admit, but The New York Times changed Michael Eric Dyson’s column’s headline from “We Need to Listen to Desmond Tutu About Forgiveness” to “Where Is The Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture?” I like monitoring how the paper of record changes its headline to acquiesce to its readership or to boost clicks. Let’s be honest, a headline with cancel culture in the title is more enticing than one about how Desmond Tutu forgave. But it also is a disservice to the legacy of Desmond Tutu to equate his forgiveness during the South African apartheid to how we might respond to cancel culture. Nevertheless, the headline does encapsulate some of Dyson’s argument, which I also want to address here. Here’s the “
Forgiveness must cost you something
Forgiveness must cost you something
Forgiveness must cost you something
Does forgiveness have a utility? This is a hobby horse, I admit, but The New York Times changed Michael Eric Dyson’s column’s headline from “We Need to Listen to Desmond Tutu About Forgiveness” to “Where Is The Forgiveness and Grace in Cancel Culture?” I like monitoring how the paper of record changes its headline to acquiesce to its readership or to boost clicks. Let’s be honest, a headline with cancel culture in the title is more enticing than one about how Desmond Tutu forgave. But it also is a disservice to the legacy of Desmond Tutu to equate his forgiveness during the South African apartheid to how we might respond to cancel culture. Nevertheless, the headline does encapsulate some of Dyson’s argument, which I also want to address here. Here’s the “