The "Chop" and Liberalism's Crisis of Meaning

If it's worth canceling, it's also worth convincing.

ESPN baseball writer Jeff Passan is getting glowing reviews from his peers for his essay arguing that the Atlanta Braves have a moral obligation to forbid fans from doing “the chop,” which if you don’t know is a gesture that looks like throwing a tomahawk. Passan argues that the chop is racially insensitive and plays on a stereotype of American Indians,…