They're so mad at him for outgrowing their shitty magazine:
Within the failure Coates sees in the magazine article that launched him toward fame lie strata not only of guilt but also, it seems, of searing anger. Thinking back to when he wrote it, he remembers himself as a journalist all too willing to tread tactically and tactfully at the “hallowed and lauded” and white-led publication that gave him a platform, and all too ready to conform to what he believes is the governing Israel-friendly outlook of the mostly white media world.
Later they
Baruch Goldstein. 
I'm growing increasingly hostile to journalists and their dumbass way of writing. Where the fuck do they learn this shit? What is being taught in journalism schools?
that launched him toward fame lie strata not only of guilt but also, it seems, of searing anger.
WHO WRITES LIKE THIS? Why are you like this? Where the fuck is your editor who tells you "No" before slapping the shit out of you? This entire sentence isn't benefitting from the puffed up language. It isn't more complex or nuanced. It's just convoluted.
Thinking back to when he wrote it, he remembers himself as a journalist all too willing to tread tactically and tactfully at the “hallowed and lauded”
Oh so you're a fucking mind reader too? Maybe instead of jerking and schlicking yourself off in front of a mirror you could quote directly from the person? You could delete "Thinking...wrote it," and the sentence would convey the same information. That is just fluff imitating analysis, but you're too fucking stupid to do that. So, you do what you did your freshman year of high school and boost your word count without saying anything.
"...tactically and tactfully" is more dumbass fluffing. In this context, these words mean the same thing. You're not providing any additional description or information. You're skimming a thesaurus for ways to sound smart and nuanced instead of teaching the reader things they don't already know or understand.
Jesusfuckmeintheshittingchrist I wish I could get paid $150k to write undergraduate essays the afternoon before they're due.
Yeah that baruch goldstein apologia was especially disgusting. Of course they lightly breeze past it by prepending the word "unforgivable".
sacrifices necessary complexity
Oh here we go with, "its complex". Opinon discarded. That was an easy and painless read
I give credit to Coats for at least opening his eyes on what's happening in Palestine. Of course his fellow libs weren't going to take it all too well.
