They went too far and they know it.
The left is now in a corner. They are calling for the censorship of political speech which is fascism.
There is no way to back out gracefully. Zero will attempt to claim the high ground by calling on Americans to join hands or some such puerile imagery.
But the fact is that the left is caught pants down demanding the end of speech freedom and the curtailment of broadcasting. The fact is that if they get this demand, they will, just like politically correct speech in daily life, determine what is hate and what is not. Don’t let them.
In my book, that’s censorship writ large.
Krugman seriously went too far. He is going to have to self-sensor himself like crazy now. First time he says anything faintly inflammatory he’s not going to know what hit him.