EAT, PRAY, CRINGE: “Following a backlash so mild it hadn’t even cracked Twitter, Elizabeth Gilbert, the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love, initiated a dramatic, public self-cancellation, and removed her latest ‘offending’ work from publication. The crime? Her unreleased novel, which followed a family’s struggle against Soviet communism in the 1930s, was set in Russia, which a small group of actual crazy people on the internet apparently believe forbidden. Gilbert’s was a wild act of self-censorship, which set a dangerous precedent. But mostly… nobody cared, and it was all kind of just embarrassing.”

The proper response to these people, taken from Monty Python, is “You’re a loony!” Followed by either more abuse, or ignoring them, as you choose. I think abuse is better, as they only thing that will make them stop this bullshit is the likelihood unpleasant consequences. Even a flatworm is smart enough to turn away from pain, which suggests there’s at least a 50% chance that they will too.