Look, the wheels are juddering off as we speak, so I don't know why she's done this now, but she's been on the receiving end of the mob more than once, and just like I won't rip into Rose McGowan for capitulating to them, I won't go for Amanda. It takes enormous strength to withstand all this. Let's not kid ourselves about that.
Julie Bindel rightly gets pissed off about public moral cowardice of named people, and she has every right to because she's out there facing down the big guns.
Even Joanne Rowling has only been openly arguing for a few months now. If you've watched other women receive this abuse and had a taste yourself, you are perfectly conditioned to embrace the sweet relief of a public 'conversion' and the welcoming warm embrace of the people whom you know would be forcibly offering you their dicks to suck if you step out of line.
I just hope she also knows that when she recants, as she likely will, and they come for her again, she will still find a place to stand with women. For now, I hope she gets her obeisance just right. They'll be watching.