SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: An Academic Coda on Kyle Rittenhouse. “First, it is possible that the authors have not shifted their position at all. Rather, they have just changed their tack or tactics, if only to avoid their being defendants in a defamation action brought by Rittenhouse. In other words, their opinion of Rittenhouse has not changed. If so, their lack of transparency and directness with the reader, would seem to undermine some of the worthiness for publication.”