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Harvard FedSoc Learns The Hard Way That Its Members Are Snowflakes

Turns out, FedSoc CAN apologize when their language offends people they actually care about.

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Given how integral Catholic conservatives have been to the Federalist Society’s overall project of installing a Christian theocracy throughout the United States justice system, you’d think FedSoc would show them a little more respect.

Then again, in victory, FedSoc has gotten increasingly comfortable with its ability to offend people without consequences. This is the kind of joke that comes from an organization that feels ascendant. Here’s the Harvard Law School’s FedSoc newsletter that went out the week after Easter.


I mean, I wouldn’t have made this joke, because it’s not funny. But I can pull off a “Christ on the Cross” joke, because people expect a certain level of “godless heathen” from me. For instance:

Again, I’m not the Federalist Society. Using religion to justify the denial of rights to women and gays is not my thing. For FedSoc, Jesus jokes seem like a weird hill to die on.

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But you know how FedSoc rolls. They don’t believe that all these “snowflakes” with their “PC police” should curtail anybody’s ability to make an offensive point or joke. I’m sure they told these offended Christians to stop being so sensitive and start… oh, what, they apologized immediately and promised to change their policies? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Dear Federalists,

We apologize for the incredibly inappropriate cartoon included in this morning’s email. We are sorry for the offense that it caused to the readers of our newsletter. Please know that we will be instituting a new review policy for email communications to prevent such messages in the future.

Best wishes,
The Harvard Federalist Society

I’m not going to lie, it’s weirdly satisfying to see people who spend a lot of time arguing that basic language decency is a form of totalitarian “thought policing” be forced to apologize because their own members were “triggered” by a dumb cartoon. WHO ARE THE SNOWFLAKES NOW?

I wonder if this will make the Federalist Society a little more sensitive when other groups take offense to their rhetoric and “jokes.”

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Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and a contributor at The Nation. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.

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