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[–][deleted] 34 insightful - 4 fun34 insightful - 3 fun35 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

Jennifer Finney Boylan is a hypocritical coward. After signing a free speech, anti-cancel culture declaration, instead of saying she agrees to disagree, she's really going to say b-b-but not her, I didn't know Rowling was going to sign that too. And she's a professor at Barnard? Educating the next generation of handmaidens.

[–]aqrylix 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Boylan signed on not for the contents of the letter, but for elite brownie points. In the end, they chose the social brownie points over their alleged convictions.

[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, she said on twitter she only knew she was signing some vague declaration with a few known signees.

[–]materialrealityplz 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No kidding, the fucking irony! lmao. Retweets a letter against internet shaming then backtracks because I guess Rowling doesn't count? At least not for Jennifer's own fear of internet shaming.

[–]venecia 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And like... they're coming for you anyway. She forgets that the core tenant of internet shaming is constant harassment and no apology EVER being good enough. Your best bet when caught out is to gently affirm ''I signed that letter/said that, yes'' and move on. Any sign of taking it back or apologizing and you'll never hear the end of it.

[–]ZeWombat 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think Boylan blocked/turned off comments on that post. Perhaps afraid of the backlash?