• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      They never lost their jobs. They were banned from the conference which is something hard to put a damage number on. They probably won’t sue the org because they remain part of it and are unlikely to want to take any real money from it that can otherwise continue going to helping diabetes research and advocacy. Maybe they can get a future conference paid for. They’re all relatively established in their careers.

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    7 days ago

    “Now that the conference is over, the damage is done, and these people no longer pose a threat, I’d like to express how sorry I am and hope we can all move past this.”

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    8 days ago

    “What transpired is not reflective of who I am, the values I hold, or the way I was raised,” Henderson said.

    And yet. Your words fall pretty flat Mr Henderson when your actions are telling a very different story.

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      7 days ago

      Would he have said anything at all or apologized if he wasn’t called out? I doubt it.