"The second thing that I think one has to recognize is present is what I would call the combination of, and here, I'm focusing on something that would seek to answer the question of why is the pattern different in science and engineering, [quote continues…]
and why is the representation even lower and more problematic in science and engineering than it is in other fields. And here, you can get a fair distance, it seems to me, looking at a relatively simple hypothesis. [quote continues…]
It does appear that on many, many different human attributes—height, weight, propensity for criminality, overall IQ, mathematical ability, scientific ability—there is relatively clear evidence that whatever the difference in means-which can be debated— [quote continues…]
I think it's appropriate for any journalists, like the progressive and conservative journalists who have rushed to cast David Weigel as having been unjustly punished, to do so *instead* of QT'ing @oliverdarcy to decry the decision.
This includes a quoted tweet by an author who deleted the tweet (I can only imagine because of a torrent of abuse by misogynists). I have redacted their identity, so as to protect their privacy and safety.
Have any of these journalists decrying the suspension of Weigel read a single employee handbook in their lives? These are the harassment and social media sections from an employee handbook from a grocery store I worked at in 2018:
Thread of my QT's of stupid, offensive stuff that Dave Weigel has tweeted; he didn't retweet the all women are bi (sexual or polar) joke in a vacuum. Also some related commentary
Not actually a QT of Weigel, but a QT of reply to a screenshot of a 2008 tweet of Weigel's in which he joked about "comfort women," I kid you not (though I couldn't find the original tweet on this website so this is not confirmed):