Yesterday @JackSmithIV was accused of offenses explicitly described as existing in a "gray area," namely "emotional abuse, manipulation, and gaslighting." Within hours he was publicly disowned by his union and fired. I'm sorry, but there is something wrong with this process.
Emotional abuse in the context of personal affairs should be dealt with through some kind of private censure/shunning rather than through Twitter and blogs. That's my basic position.
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Fair enough, I think I hear you. I also think that genie is out of the bottle tbh. Private affairs are CONSTANTLY carried out over Twitter and (to a lesser extent) blogs. I also think that his positioning as a public voice for left issues makes this all more publicly relevant
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To some extent he probably did invite it, given the public persona. Still, “normalizing” this kind of thing has deleterious social consequences that go well beyond him as an individual.
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