I told my friend that instead of charging the progressive left with betraying its own values, we should admit the truth: these organizations and individuals have actually remained steadfastly loyal to their credo. It might be over-simplified, heartless, and not all that fair, but it’s still a credo, and it has brought about many positive changes in the world. In this credo, you can cancel a bad person or a bad opinion, and after that there’s no further need for self-reflection, ambiguity, scrutinizing the facts, or anything else that gets in the way of writing a furious post that might go viral.