AMY ALKON: Finally, It Becomes Clear: The Point Isn’t Whether Somebody’s Actually Racist.

Welcome to outrage culture.

I think a big part of this — but not the entire explanation — is people who feel a need to be “content” producers on social media and really don’t have much that’s original or interesting bouncing around in their heads.

Beyond that, I think it’s a way to say, “Hey, I’m one of you.”

The sad thing is, this is supposedly about improving our culture. What it’s actually doing is putting a chill on free speech — which is not something that results in making the world a better place; just a less free one and an uglier one.

Free speech tends to be a right that supports other rights.

Yeah, but most of the people screaming about racism don’t much care about supporting other rights. They scream about racism as a way of undermining a free society, not of protecting it.