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Evolutionary biologist. Managing Editor @Quillette. Lover of whisk(e)y, fitness, cats, and ideas. Newsletter: http://realityslaststand.com  Gmail: cwright1859

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    Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

    1/ What is cancel culture? A few months ago I was a postdoc at Penn State with an soon-expiring contract, job hunting for tenure track professorships. I posted the following tweet citing the well-known "social contagion" hypothesis forwarded by Dr Lisa Littman's work on ROGD.pic.twitter.com/UoW0TvPntu

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    270 replies 3,156 retweets 9,237 likes
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      2. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        2/ Some people thought this was cancel-worthy & attempted to spread word of my "vile transphobia" to my colleagues, even tagging diversity organizations in my field. "Colin is on the job market. I hope the EEB community is paying attention." The goal was to limit my employment.pic.twitter.com/O3NI0ud6P2

        31 replies 261 retweets 2,322 likes
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      3. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        3/ Then some activist posted a "job" on the largest job board in my field, visited by hundreds if not thousands of biologists a day during hiring season, that read: "Colin Wright is a Transphobe who supports Race Science." People also told me they contacted hiring committees.pic.twitter.com/M6dgwYlNZo

        13 replies 240 retweets 2,106 likes
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      4. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        4/ Then, of course, came the absurd gaslighting. "Heavens no! We aren't trying to prevent anyone from getting a job! We certainly don't want anyone blacklisted! Besides, a graduate student like Kevin Bird doesn't even have that kind of power!" Yeah, right.🙄pic.twitter.com/NrgvfBNcWV

        8 replies 238 retweets 2,370 likes
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      5. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        5/ Students at Penn State told diversity committees my essays and tweets made them feel unsafe on campus. Department chairs at other universities told me they liked my work, but that HR wouldn't approve hiring me due to my public views. Hiring me would be "too risky" they said.

        25 replies 254 retweets 2,452 likes
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      6. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        6/ Don't let anyone tell you cancel culture isn't real. It is, and it's ferocious. All these leftists saying that cancel culture isn't real, or that it only targets the powerful, are gaslighting you just like they did to me when they said they weren't trying to blacklist me.

        34 replies 556 retweets 4,124 likes
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      7. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        7/ I ended up deleting the original tweet shortly after they attempted to cancel me, since people were spreading lies about what "social contagion" meant & what it was referring to. I was concerned it may have been vague enough for people to poison the well regarding my motives.

        4 replies 166 retweets 2,076 likes
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      8. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 10 Jul 2020

        Colin Wright Retweeted Colin Wright

        8/ Looking back, I regret deleting the tweet out of fear that my intent would be intentionally twisted by the mob. I think it's time to fix that. ⬇️https://twitter.com/SwipeWright/status/1281797209030135808?s=20 …

        Colin Wright added,

        Colin Wright @SwipeWright
        "Sweden’s Board of Health and Welfare confirmed a 1,500% rise between 2008 and 2018 in gender dysphoria diagnoses among 13- to 17-year-olds born as girls." Two words: social contagion https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/22/ssweden-teenage-transgender-row-dysphoria-diagnoses-soar …
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        43 replies 355 retweets 3,431 likes
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      9. Colin Wright‏ @SwipeWright 11 Jul 2020

        9/ I should quickly mention that Penn State was not the problem. They never sanctioned me for my essays or tweets. They never caved in to student complaints. The problem was how students & others outside the university conspired to trash my reputation to limit my job prospects.

        100 replies 215 retweets 2,930 likes
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      2. Steve Godfrey‏ @_stevegodfrey 10 Jul 2020
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        You don't even need to disagree to set them off. Questions are heresy. Because questions are like cancer to their ideas.

        12 replies 46 retweets 919 likes
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