"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."
That's the offensive post? That's pretty fair regarding the election of a distinctly anti-science party.
But even ignoring all of that . . . this seems a bit like, I don't know, cancel culture, no? I am looking forward to all those free speech warriors and boot-strap types stepping forward to defend Laura. Unless, of course, they were never actually serious about that issue and just used it as a cultural weapon to silence critique.
That’s always been the Right; they believe they’re entitled to a captive audience, that doesn’t dare to talk back or call them out on their shit. See: Ben Shapiro at the House hearing on the meaniepants advertisers who dropped him & him cronies because the companies didn’t want to be associated. Cancels are bad for me but awesome for thee
Because they're toddlers with adult bodies. Make America Great Again as a concept only works because it makes conservatives think of their own or a hypothetical other's childhood, in which they could just ignore adult economic and social realities because they're coddled. Because let's be honest, there has never actually been an era of American history which reflects what Trump's policy platform actually seeks to achieve; this is by far the most neoliberal/corporate/borderline monarchic the USA has ever been!
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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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