The #MeToo movement's search for demons to slay has expanded well beyond just those accused of sexual misbehavior. Now, if you've done anything to disseminate the accused's side of the story, they're coming for #YouToo.

Last week, Ian Buruma not so quietly left his position as editor of The New York Review of Books. The mob had descended on him days earlier for publishing an essay by Jian Ghomeshi. Ghomeshi was a Canadian broadcaster who'd been accused of sexual assault early on in the #MeToo movement. Ghomeshi stood trial in Canada for sexual assault of six women and was acquitted of all charges in 2015.

Ghomeshi's piece attempted an apology and an explanation of how he became a person he despised. "I wore the right ribbons, used the right hashtags, hosted the right guests. I did interviews with everyone from Toni Morrison to Gloria Steinem, Drake and Maya Angelou. I attended demonstrations and spoke at progressive fund-raisers," he wrote. "And at some point, when it came to women, I began to use my liberal gender studies education as a cover for my own behavior. I was ostensibly so schooled in how sexism works that I would arrogantly give myself a free pass."

He describes the helplessness, shame and fear he felt after the accusations hit. He admits he behaved atrociously toward women, he's regretful and he is looking for a path back. The public can deny him one, of course — but apparently the public must deny him one.

In a new front for the mob, it's not enough to target the perpetrator of the misdeed. They are now targeting those who offer them a platform like Buruma did, or say anything warm about them at all.

Norm Macdonald learned this recently when he urged forgiveness for his friends Louis CK and Roseanne Barr. "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" canceled Macdonald's upcoming appearance. Fallon told Macdonald that producers were "crying" over allowing Macdonald to appear.

Macdonald had an appearance on "The View" a few days later where he pointed out that he had not actually been accused of any action and his offense was words on behalf of those who were. "I don't want to be tossed in with people who did, not crimes, but sins," he said. "I barely have consensual sex."