It's interesting that the WP not publishing ONE of her cartoons over a period of years is considered a threat to the republic, while at the same time Ann Telnaes not allowing us to comment on any of her Notes or blog articles is considered unworthy of mention.
I think Ann Telnaes has every right to decide the comment policy for her Substack, because it's her property to do with as she pleases. Each of us would make the same property right claim about our own Substacks. But apparently we're not willing to extend these same property rights that we claim for ourselves to the Washington Post.
What's more interesting is how many Substackers are eagerly willing to jump right on to the latest trending group consensus chant train. This is indeed useful because it illustrates the highest calling of writers. When the group consensus chant train is running off the rails on any subject it's the writer's job to try to get it safely back on the tracks.
This requires the writer to not be too concerned with popularity or profit, because doing the job writers are supposed to do is typically not a path to either. So Substack friends, if you're popular and making money, you're probably doing this writing thing wrong.
Thanks for noticing this. It's not a good sign.
Thanks, Andy, for shining a light on this.
It's interesting that the WP not publishing ONE of her cartoons over a period of years is considered a threat to the republic, while at the same time Ann Telnaes not allowing us to comment on any of her Notes or blog articles is considered unworthy of mention.
I think Ann Telnaes has every right to decide the comment policy for her Substack, because it's her property to do with as she pleases. Each of us would make the same property right claim about our own Substacks. But apparently we're not willing to extend these same property rights that we claim for ourselves to the Washington Post.
What's more interesting is how many Substackers are eagerly willing to jump right on to the latest trending group consensus chant train. This is indeed useful because it illustrates the highest calling of writers. When the group consensus chant train is running off the rails on any subject it's the writer's job to try to get it safely back on the tracks.
This requires the writer to not be too concerned with popularity or profit, because doing the job writers are supposed to do is typically not a path to either. So Substack friends, if you're popular and making money, you're probably doing this writing thing wrong.