Mark,
My whole first paragraph was devoted to explaining why I think what happened to Mary Jane Leach was a problem and how I think it the venue could have done better and done right by both Eastman and Leach and the audience members who were clearly surprised (though if they had done basic research perhaps they should not be).
I only took issue--and still do--with you suggestion that the piece was "completely free" of culture war. I think the quote I provided shows it does, and what it says after does nothing to undo what I pointed out. Certainly the situation should be covered. Knowing the source, though, would help you to see the larger agenda they are pushing, and how and why I know--and their readership knows--what those "politics" are, and why they are "bad" and why they are trying diversity to it.
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