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> These are just two private donors that have decided to fund someone’s research. It's a free country - they are free to fund a harasser, we are free to judge
by vkou 4y ago
> These are just two private donors that have decided to fund someone’s research.
It's a free country - they are free to fund a harasser, we are free to judge them and their judgement for it.
If someone gets fired from Wal-Mart for stealing from the till (no criminal charges necessary), and is running a Chick-Fil-A franchise next week, there'd be a fair bit of judgement of that, too. Even if the only people he's going to hurt are his employers, and employees.
- boeingUH60 4y agoFair point…although the accused claims he was unfairly judged. It’s likely that Bill Ackman believes the guy or something.
- KerrAvon 4y ago> The Whitehead probe concluded that Sabatini fostered a sexualized lab environment in which he rewarded those who participated in sexual banter, threatened retaliation against lab members if they raised questions about his conduct, and threatened another faculty member who refused to hire a young visiting scientist whom Sabatini would later marry. It also found that he and Knouse carried on a sexual relationship against Whitehead rules.
- epicureanideal 4y agoThat’s one version. Who knows if the “probe” reached accurate conclusions. It seems at least some investors might think it didn’t.
- mcguire 4y agoClearly, you would like an investigation into the probe?
- Manuel_D 4y agohttps://www.thefp.com/p/he-was-a-world-renowned-cancer-researcher https://www.thefp.com/p/he-was-a-world-renowned-cancer-resea... Alternatively: He had a consensual relationship with a woman in the same institute, but had her own lab and he had no supervisory power over her. 2 years later she retroactively decided the relationship was abusive. It's rather unusual to ban all relationships across the board, even between people without a supervisor-employee relationship. "Sexualized lab environment" is an incredibly vague allegation to make. These people are adults. Chances are a large number of the people working in the lab are dating or looking for a partner - are they just not supposed to give any mention to their social lives at work?
- acdha 4y agoThat's a right-wing activist's personal site. Bari Weiss doesn't have any insight or information into this, just a political and financial motivation to hype up “cancel culture”. Of course she's going to say that he was innocent because she needs a constant source of new material to maintain the narrative which pays her bills.
- snapplebobapple 4y agoIt's always extremely amusing when I see Bari Weiss libeled in a such a manner. yes, the Jewish Lesbian with a degree from Colombia, numerous journalism awards, nearly a decade of experience working at the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times is totally a right-wing activist rather than a well educated, well reasoned, experienced journalist with views you don't agree with (almost certainly because your views are at least partially wrong).
- Manuel_D 4y agoI've come to conclude it's a matter of perspective: I've met communities where someone such as Weiss genuinely is right-wing by the standards of community. I don't think it's right or productive to declare that the above commenter's view are wrong, rather it's just indicative of the extremity of their point of view.