Some Public Figures Now Regret Signing Harper’s Open Letter Against ‘Cancel Culture’

Some signatories of Tuesday’s 150-strong public letter decrying the rising “intolerance of opposing views” are distancing themselves from it while others say that they were asked to sign before the letter was published in Harper’s, but declined.

“I did not know who else had signed that letter. I thought I was endorsing a well meaning, if vague, message against internet shaming.  I did know Chomsky, Steinem, and Atwood were in, and I thought, good company,” tweeted author Jenny Boylan late Tuesday. “The consequences are mine to bear. I am so sorry.”

Boylan, who is trans, did not name the signatory she had issues with, but likely was referring “Harry Potter” scribe J.K.