I haven't tweeted about #Receptiogate since the 27th because I think this has now morphed from - quite correctly - calling out plagiarism, to gleeful internet bloodsport. Rossi (& later her husband too) have lied & behaved appallingly, both initially and since the story broke. 1/
Peter Kidd was absolutely right to call this out, and his subsequent blogposts accurately summarize the situation.
But on Twitter there's now a gleeful quality to the whole affair that doesn't sit right with me: people are laughing at the destruction of someone's livelihood . 2/
But on Twitter there's now a gleeful quality to the whole affair that doesn't sit right with me: people are laughing at the destruction of someone's livelihood . 2/
Rossi and her husband seem now to me, more than anything else, bewildered and frightened. Rossi's behavior has been grossly unprofessional, unscholarly, rude and dishonest, but has it been criminal? I don't think I've seen evidence of that. 3/
Receptio will not I imagine continue in its present form nor will Rossi's career. What more do people want? There's a baying, gleeful quality to some of the Twitter discourse now that seems excessive. Real personal pain lies on the other side of the popcorn memes. It's enough. 4/
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