J.K. Rowling, B.Weiss & N. Chomsky Among Dozens Sign Open Letter Calling for End to Cancel Culture

[Jim__]

118. Talk about disingenuous. Have you even read the letter?

The people who signed the letter condemned intolerance from all sides. And, yes, threats of violence because someone states a point of view easily fits under the umbrella of intolerance. From the letter:

... The forces of illiberalism are gaining strength throughout the world and have a powerful ally in Donald Trump, who represents a real threat to democracy. But resistance must not be allowed to harden into its own brand of dogma or coercion—which right-wing demagogues are already exploiting. The democratic inclusion we want can be achieved only if we speak out against the intolerant climate that has set in on all sides.

Did the signatories have a problem with threats, which in the case of "American Dirt" were leveled against critics? If so, they should have mentioned it.

See above. They have problems with intolerance from all sides - and they did mention it. And, yes, Myriam Gurba was threatened. But so was Jeanine Cummins, as noted in the Washinton Post article Threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all:

This is what we’ve come to.

The publisher of a novel titled “American Dirt,” by Jeanine Cummins, has canceled the remainder of a national book tour because Cummins and the bookstores set to host her have received threats of physical violence.

This is what we’ve come to. In the United States of America.

More than 30 years after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa demanding the assassination of Salman Rushdie for writing “The Satanic Verses,” here we are terrorizing one of our own novelists.

Further down the articles mentions the threats against Gurba - site rules won't allow me to copy that in. At least part of the point they're making in the letter is that our whole society is becoming intolerant. And that's what we have to resist.