“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.
Would he have said anything at all or apologized if he wasn’t called out? I doubt it.
“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.”
Are they gonna get their positions back? Or some kind of compensation? If not that’s a pretty shit apology
Did they lose their positions? I haven’t read anything indicating that, just that they weren’t allowed back into the conference.
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.
The easiest damages would be the cost of attending (conference tickets, travel, hotel). If there was reputational damage, that’s harder to prove but the conference could be liable for that. Seeing how many vocal supporters they have, reputational damage would be hard to prove
Please fire everyone who did not criticize POTUS.
So often this sort of thing makes sense because it’s conduct or disruption that are reasons they got kicked out. The topic could be <insert whatever>, but a clickbait title will latch onto that topic if it could be edgy…
The scientists were ejected for handing out copies of an April editorial
…yup. Well, obviously this isn’t one of those times.
“What transpired is not reflective of who I am, the values I hold, or the way I was raised,” [ADA CEO] Henderson said. “I will work hard to bring our community back together to build on the progress we have collectively made for those affected by diabetes.”
Jesus, he sounds like a pro athlete who got arrested for drunk driving.
Their poster boy was a staunch Republican
Too little, too late. I’m eating nothing but sugar from now on.
