<story><title>On Being Blacklisted</title><url>https://aaronkunin.medium.com/on-being-blacklisted-dabb576cdc52</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rsj_hn</author><text>&amp;quot;“we believe the essay does not align with Chicago Review’s editorial and political agenda.”&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s interesting that some academic literary magazines are now being forced to admit they have political agendas, which is a step in the right direction.&lt;p&gt;People like Kunin are the conscience of our generation, daring to stand up to the mobs and tell the truth - a political act that conflicts with the Chicago Review&amp;#x27;s agenda. But it is the truth tellers, not the political enforcers, who will be acknowledged as heroes, as the future belongs to the truth, not to the political lie.</text></comment>
<story><title>On Being Blacklisted</title><url>https://aaronkunin.medium.com/on-being-blacklisted-dabb576cdc52</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hirundo</author><text>Is there anyone that wants to defend this blacklisting of the author by the Chicago Review for writing this article [0]? That is, not to reconfirm that they do indeed have the right to do so, but to argue that they are right to do so? Maybe some of us can avoid this fate if we understand the grounds for it, since they decline to make it explicit. What did he say that was not just wrong, but so wrong that he should not be associated with?&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arcdigital.media&amp;#x2F;self-censorship-in-the-academy-524186bacafd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arcdigital.media&amp;#x2F;self-censorship-in-the-academy-5241...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>