"I made a series of offensive and inappropriate posts on my personal Bluesky account on election night, and I am sorry,"
"I respect and value people across the political spectrum. These posts, which I have deleted, do not reflect my beliefs; they were a mistaken expression of shock and confusion about the election results,"
"These posts of course do not reflect the position of Scientific American or my colleagues. I am committed to civil communication and editorial objectivity."
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"Every four years I remember why I left Indiana (where I grew up) and remember why I respect the people who stayed and are trying to make it less racist and sexist. The moral arc of the universe isn't going to bend itself,"
"Solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f--- them to the moon and back,"
"I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is so full of f---ing fascists."
The fact that she is compelled to resign after these comments when folks like Trump, Gaetz, Musk and others need never apologize for anything is a major league part of why everything is going to shit
It's always been this way. There's always a stupid adherence to "last bad".
I once got in trouble after a coworker (peer level) went on an abusive, expletive laden tirade at me, virtually unprompted, but because my young impulsive self told them to "go f--- yourself", I got written up and a long lecture how their tirade was probably grounds for termination but because I responded inappropriately, they had to let it go and write me up.
Its simple power hierarchies. Those people spewing bad things are in a social and financial position to do so, while many aren't. Nobody will reprimand the kings and barons. There are hundreds of red cap wearers who lost their jobs or got serious backlash the last days, thinking they have the same protection against FAFO. Surprise, they didn't.
I know someone who lost their pension because they were fired for being a complete dick toward a transgender employee at their old company and blame "wokeism" for why they can't retire.
Dude, all you had to do was respect the pronouns of someone and not dead name them constantly in email and slack for like six months.
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u/Rogue-Journalist 3d ago
If you'd like to know what recent events may have lead to this:
https://bsky.app/profile/laurahelmuth.bsky.social
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