I understand the knee-jerk reaction to respond with sarcasm. But how exactly does it help fix the situation?https://twitter.com/julie_b92/status/871268434750959617 …
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well, I wasn't. I was ridiculed and insulted behind my back for disagreeing.
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I really liked how in that thread what all (almost all?) the women who did contribute ended up reinforcing each other and saying they felt
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unwelcome by the current state of Open Science in very explicit and meaningful ways.
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and I expressed support for that. but disagreed vehemently with escalating the situation through verbal violence. and was attacked for it.
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I can't agree that 2 post-PhD dudes one calling the other an "idiot" (which btw carries a LOT of baggage I am _sure_ you know) is the same
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dynamic as one student being sarcastic about the initial language ("idiot" etc).
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never thought it was.
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Ah, right! See, I thought you were equivocating them.
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no. not at all. just tired of the verbal violence. want to focus energy on educating each other and fixing things, not on name calling.
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