No its back tracking because people get upset about you thanking a person.
That Duplass showed he was a coward who couldn’t stand up to his opinion against the Liberal Pitchfork Hord … While People like the Bret and Eric Weinstein are not.

I hate when either side does it.
If I say I liked Bill Clinton and Obama as President in some ways. I am sure some on the Right would go balastic as well.
Or if I mentioned I like a SJW Artist or Writer I know some people will go nuts.

This is the kind of stuff George Carlin would be trashing and making fun off.
But his style wouldn’t be acceptable by many on the Left these days.