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What the article doesn't mention: Julia Reda, who "unearthed" the report, was an MEP for the Pirate Party at the time. She left the party in 2019 to protest aga

by rob74 5y ago

What the article doesn't mention: Julia Reda, who "unearthed" the report, was an MEP for the Pirate Party at the time. She left the party in 2019 to protest against the nomination of a candidate who was under investigation for sexual harassment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Reda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Reda).

denton-scratch 5y ago
Why the scare quotes? She did unearth it, through an FOI request. It was buried. Tiny parts were cherry-picked by commissioners, to support a conclusion diametrically opposed to the researchers' conclusions.
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- sp332 5y ago
  Not all quotes are scare quotes.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    But these sure seemed to be.
    - sp332 5y ago
      It's not literal unearthing. So the quotes are to set off the figure of speech. Style guides say not to do it but it's a matter of style, not correctness. I guess that's as strong as you're going to get in colloquial English though :)
      - denton-scratch 5y ago
        Literal unearthing is a fairly rare usage, compared to "to discover through the expenditure of effort". The more-common usage doesn't need quotes; they imply either that it's reported speech, or that the author is sceptical.
chalst 5y ago
She gave a good interview explaining why she left: https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/german-parliament-administration-failed-to-address-sexual-harrassment-says-julia-reda-former-rising-star-of-germany-pirate-party/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/german-parliam...
nerbert 5y ago
That doesn't have anything to do with the subject: a uncomfortable report was buried.
freeflight 5y ago
> She left the party in 2019 to protest against the nomination of a candidate who was under investigation for sexual harassment She tried to fire him before the investigation was even done, investigations based on two complaints, one of which was already rejected at that point. As much as I like hear work, I really do not understand what happened there and why she would do what she did there, like she did it. Her expertise and what the PP stands for are as relevant as ever, and its getting more relevant each day. Why would she just throw all that away for herself, but alongside that try to sabotage a whole political movement?
- antris 5y ago
  Saying that a member of a party leaving is "throwing it all away" is ridiculous. She tried to address the problems internally, didn't get her way, so she left. Why would one have to continue being a member of a party that one disagrees with? Whether you agree with her reasons or not, people are and should be free to leave and join a political party as they want. Trying to cast people who leave as some sort of traitor to the cause is cult-like thinking.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  She wanted some metoo spotlight. You will find the people who you think believe in your cause actually believe in their own cause which might be fame, power, money. They will quickly leave a cause that is fading in popularity to jump on the next bandwagon.

by rob74 5y ago

denton-scratch 5y ago

Why the scare quotes? She did unearth it, through an FOI request. It was buried. Tiny parts were cherry-picked by commissioners, to support a conclusion diametrically opposed to the researchers' conclusions.

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sp332 5y ago
Not all quotes are scare quotes.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  But these sure seemed to be.
  - sp332 5y ago
    It's not literal unearthing. So the quotes are to set off the figure of speech. Style guides say not to do it but it's a matter of style, not correctness. I guess that's as strong as you're going to get in colloquial English though :)
    - denton-scratch 5y ago
      Literal unearthing is a fairly rare usage, compared to "to discover through the expenditure of effort". The more-common usage doesn't need quotes; they imply either that it's reported speech, or that the author is sceptical.

chalst 5y ago

She gave a good interview explaining why she left: https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/german-parliament-administration-failed-to-address-sexual-harrassment-says-julia-reda-former-rising-star-of-germany-pirate-party/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/german-parliam...

nerbert 5y ago

That doesn't have anything to do with the subject: a uncomfortable report was buried.

freeflight 5y ago

> She left the party in 2019 to protest against the nomination of a candidate who was under investigation for sexual harassment She tried to fire him before the investigation was even done, investigations based on two complaints, one of which was already rejected at that point. As much as I like hear work, I really do not understand what happened there and why she would do what she did there, like she did it. Her expertise and what the PP stands for are as relevant as ever, and its getting more relevant each day. Why would she just throw all that away for herself, but alongside that try to sabotage a whole political movement?

antris 5y ago
Saying that a member of a party leaving is "throwing it all away" is ridiculous. She tried to address the problems internally, didn't get her way, so she left. Why would one have to continue being a member of a party that one disagrees with? Whether you agree with her reasons or not, people are and should be free to leave and join a political party as they want. Trying to cast people who leave as some sort of traitor to the cause is cult-like thinking.
ipaddr 5y ago
She wanted some metoo spotlight. You will find the people who you think believe in your cause actually believe in their own cause which might be fame, power, money. They will quickly leave a cause that is fading in popularity to jump on the next bandwagon.