I'm seeing a lot of #scicomm defensiveness, and while I get that it sucks to work hard and not have a large platform, we always do better.
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I think it's partly that coming off the heels of some tone-deaf pieces and annoyance at Bill Nye, a lot of folks are sensitive.
No. White people in POC's mentions right now are being "sensetive" (White fragility).NDT tag is lastest of endless examples of racism in sci
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I'm not arguing otherwise. I was referring to the broader discussions (people lumping in NdGT with Alan Alda, Nye, various recent posts).
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And to be clear, I wasn't saying POC are being sensitive.
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I also object to sensitivity narrative. Like put on your adult people clothing and don't lump Dr Tyson w/ Mr Nye
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Scientists' whole job is to be good at differentiating patterns and data.
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This is a really epic
#scicomm fail and should be seen as such. Not softened with excuses about people's feelings. -
That's totally fair. I'd even originally written trigger-happy. But the point is not to center those feelings, I get that.
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