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Erik has his metaphor off, according to KC Johnson:

In an editor’s note that could have doubled as a parody of political correctness, Liz McMillen “sincerely apologize[d] for the distress” that publication of Riley’s post caused. McMillen claimed that Riley’s sharply-written but seemingly factually accurate post did not conform to the Chronicle’s “journalistic standards,” though she elected not to provide an example of how, specifically, the post failed to conform to these standards. Perhaps she feared causing further distress to the Chronicle’s extremely sensitive reading base.

I’ve a long and tangled history with Johnson — it begins here and weaves its way through three years of my archives — but the intellectual dishonesty I accused him of practicing in 2007? He’s not reformed his ways. Identifying Riley’s post as “sharply-written” when he’s only qualified enough to determine whether it’s “seemingly factual” is typical Johnsonian deflection, as his attempt to turn the tables on McMillen by accusing her of not “provid[ing] an example of how … the post failed to conform to [the Chronicle‘s] standards.”

He pretends he doesn’t know that criticism originating from a place of profound ignorance fails to conform to academic standards. Because he does know, but as they say, all’s fair in love and the Culture Wars.

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