1 - Gordon Klein Klein, a UCLA professor, was suspended from his job for politely asking why it made sense to give black students special treatments on exams. Klein lost his ability to teach for this incredibly timid letter.

2 - Stu Peters BBC radio host Peters lost his job for question white privilege and saying that "all lives matter"

3 - James Bennett NYT editor James Bennett lost his job for running an editorial from a senator suggesting that the federal government quell riots Almost every NYT journalist posted on social media that this editorial put black NYT staff in danger

4 - Stephen Hsu Hsu lost his position at MSU for committing the crime of science (he shared data on racial intelligence differences). Steven Pinker, Jonathan Haidt, and thousands of academics signed a petition in support of Hsu, but it wasn't enough to keep his job.

5 - Rev. Daniel Patrick Moloney Moloney, a chaplain at MIT, lost his job for the sin of saying George Floyd's life wasn't virtuous.

6 - Emmanuel Cafferty Cafferty, a Hispanic man, lost his job as a truck driver for allegedly making an "OK" sign. He says he was cracking his knuckles.

7 - Cardboard Wizards of the Coast bans 7 Magic cards from play for being "racist"

8 - Terese Nielsen Wizards of the Coast fires long-time illustrator Terese Nielsen for liking tweets in support of Donald Trump Nielsen was a gay woman who wrote this heartfelt letter, but it wasn't enough to save her long career

9 - David Shor Shor, a Democratic researcher, lost his job for sharing data that said riots would hurt the ability for Democrats to win elections His employer said that sharing such data was "tone deaf"

10 - Tiffany Riley Riley, a Vermont school principal, lost her job for believing that "Black Lives Matter, but questioning some of their methods. Riley wrote: “I firmly believe that Black Lives Matter, but I DO NOT agree with the coercive measures taken to get to this point

11 - Greg Patton Greg Patton was suspended from his job for teaching his students Chinese, because Chinese contains sounds that approximate taboo English words. Literally, that was it.

12 - Holy Land Hummus Holy Land Hummus, a midwest food chain, lost its distribution deal with Costco and at least one lease over posts the CEO's daughter made in 2012 when she was 14.

13 - Bright Shang Professor Bright Shang was suspended for showing the 1965 film Othello. That's it.

14 - Aleksandar Katai Katai, a professional soccer player for the LA Galaxy, had his contract terminated after his wife called rioters disgusting and suggested it was okay to use self-defense.

15 - Thomas Jefferson Statues of Jefferson, Washington, and other famous white men of history, were pulled out of schools and towns around the country. Most of them were never put back.

16 - Howard Uhlig Uhlig lost his job as the editor of the Journal of Political Economy, after left economists Paul Krugman and Justin Wolfers led an attack on social media against him.

17 - Sue Schafer Sue Schafer was a reporter at the Washington Post who lost her job for wearing blackface specifically to make fun of people wearing blackface. Two of her own colleagues took her out. This was nationwide "news".

18 - Michael Korenberg Michael Korenberg lost his position on the board of the University of British Columia for liking a tweet from @DineshDSouza.

@DineshDSouza 19 - Melissa Rolfe Rolfe is the stepmother of Garrett Rolfe, the police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta (a legitimate shooting). The company discovered that she "created an uncomfortable working environment" and let her go shortly after the incident.

@DineshDSouza 20 - W. Ajax Peris Peris, a lecturer at UCLA, was condemned and investigated for reading MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" out loud.

@DineshDSouza 21 - Lt. William Kelly Kelly lost his job as a police officer for donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse.

@DineshDSouza 22 - Lee Fang Lee Fang, a writer at the Intercept, interviewed a black man named Max. In the interview, Max said: "I always question, why does a Black life matter only when a white man takes it?... Like, if a white man takes my life tonight, it’s going to be national news,

@DineshDSouza 23 - Mike McCulloch McCulloch, a popular physicist and blogger, was formally investigated by the University of Plymouth for liking tweets.

@DineshDSouza 24 - Antonio García Martínez Martínez was fired for Apple for a single paragraph in a book he had written more than five years prior that didn't match progressive gender norms.

@DineshDSouza 25 - Looped Rope Bubba Wallace and progressive freaks turned a looped pull cord into a national incident.

@DineshDSouza Americans must never forget how progressives used George Floyd and Black Lives Matter to get anyone insufficiently progressive fired for the most trivial of reasons. There is no strong evidence that they have changed. Please share any key stories that I may have left out.

@jeremykauffman It was wrong then, and it's wrong now. The left will be in charge again and y'all better be prepared for it.

@jeremykauffman @threadreaderapp unroll

@jeremykauffman Now do the 2025 right wing one.

@jeremykauffman Great thread! I wonder if someone has a database. Would be interesting if there was a way to apply some justice to the terrible injustices that were done.

@jeremykauffman epic list, thanks for putting this together, Jeremy! lest we not forget James Damore being fired from Google in 2017 simply for implying there are differences between men and women https://x.com/wildbarestepf/st...

@jeremykauffman Really puts it into perspective how different this was from the current "cancellations"

@jeremykauffman I gotta tell ya.. there will be many lawsuits after today... The normal people are back!

@jeremykauffman This is all preferable over shooting each other.

@jeremykauffman A black sailor committed arson against a multi-billion dollar aircraft carrier in early July 2020, which caused it to sink; the Navy covered up all the evidence against him & tried to frame a white kid who’d been warning them about fire hazards. See thread https://x.com/CEBKCEBKCEBK/sta...

@jeremykauffman Jeremy Teacher, I follow you. Let's follow each other