https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/533751204527226880
“So how are things going for feminism?” asks Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, in an opinion piece published in Saturday’s edition of USA Today. “Well, last week they took one of the great achievements of human history — landing a probe from Earth on a comet hundreds of millions of miles away— and made it all about the clothes.”
As Twitchy reported, “slutshirt shamed” British physicist Matt Taylor of the Rosetta probe project gave a tearful apology Friday for demonstrating “casual misogyny” in his choice of attire for the day of the comet landing. Many on Twitter came to Taylor’s defense: “Can we make a bigger deal out of nothing?” asked one tweeter.
Reynolds took his defense of Taylor to USA Today, calling the incident “one small shirt for a man, one giant leap backward for womankind.”
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/533660038410158081
“It seems to me that if you care about women in STEM,” he adds, “maybe you shouldn’t want to communicate the notion that they’re so delicate that they can’t handle pictures of comic-book women. Will we stock our Mars spacecraft with fainting-couches?”
That will have to wait; Reynolds’ article is proof that there’s a terrible shortage of fainting-couches here on earth. To further illustrate the backlash against Taylor, Reynolds quoted a tweet in which The Atlantic’s Rose Eveleth wrote, “No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt.” But is it true that he “doxxed” her too, a la Anonymous? That’s crazy.
Screw it. I'm going to write and listen to Shostakovich. You all have fun doxxing women "to teach them lessons." It's the @instapundit way.
— Dylan Wilbanks, Social Distancing Human Grumpy Cat (@dylanw) November 15, 2014
Huh? Where did this ridiculous (and defamatory) “doxxing” idea come from? Here?
#Liar MT @docfreeride Glenn Reynolds has doxxed @roseveleth.Putting women in fear for their safety is the American way, y'all. @instapundit
— ryuge (@0ryuge) November 15, 2014
Correction: Glenn Reynolds has encouraged his flying monkeys to go after @roseveleth & someone has doxxed her. #PlausibleDeniability
— Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen ☠️ (@docfreeride) November 15, 2014
@docfreeride @instapundit encouraged "monkeys" to "go after her" merely by criticizing her prudishness? That's some correction! @roseveleth
— ryuge (@0ryuge) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/jrireland1/status/533726387874844673
@jrireland1 @instapundit @0ryuge @roseveleth You think if he asked them to stop & gave good reasons why they wouldn't?
— Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen ☠️ (@docfreeride) November 15, 2014
@jrireland1 @instapundit @0ryuge @roseveleth In that case, why were his exhortations to go after her so successful?
— Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen ☠️ (@docfreeride) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/533727240866263040
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/533727561835360257
Another lie @docfreeride @roseveleth Glenn Reynolds has encouraged his flying monkeys to go after @roseveleth & someone has doxxed her.
— Zaggs (@Zaggs) November 15, 2014
@Zaggs @roseveleth ORLY? http://t.co/mmqHN3i4IA
— Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen ☠️ (@docfreeride) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/HLandfill/status/533729656672124928
@brennawalks @kejames @roseveleth Note that Glenn Reynolds DID NOT dox Rose (someone else did), just sicced others on her.
— Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen ☠️ (@docfreeride) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/533733852448313345
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/533725510765797376
https://twitter.com/MNoonan17/status/533726209986031616
@docfreeride @roseveleth You're going to need to cite the tweet or post that you're referring to here. Except that it doesn't exist.
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) November 15, 2014
@docfreeride @roseveleth Wait…Something someone else did to her is Reynolds fault? He encouraged no one. You are doing the same thing here
— Jer Rowlett (@JeraldRowlett) November 15, 2014
.@docfreeride Show me where @instapundit encouraged others to "go after" @roseveleth? Why do you try to smear people you disagree with?
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) November 15, 2014
@AG_Conservative @instapundit @docfreeride @roseveleth
Yes, show us where he encouraged even ONE other person to "go after" ANYONE, ever.
— Beebo (@beebobaby) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/NinaMarieMcK/status/533738597229142016
People in my TL want you to know that @instapundit is a totally responsible guy who wishes no harm to anyone. I cannot prove otherwise, so…
— Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen ☠️ (@docfreeride) November 15, 2014
1/n @docfreeride And yet, @instapundit chose to called out one woman much less powerful than he as "a horrible person" …
— Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos (@TomLevenson) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/533732205931950080
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/533734439856377856
4/4 @docfreeride Or, perhaps @instapundit is a dishonest hack picking on those who can't strike back in ways that comfort him malign soul.
— Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos (@TomLevenson) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/BruceNV/status/533770344612782081
@TomLevenson @instapundit She used her position to humiliate a man over a shirt.You don't think she deserves criticism?
— Jean Tuttle (@waffle721) November 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/moderncomments/status/533736092911300609
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/533737300531105792
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/533740991795044352
So, writing lengthy accusation of sexism over a shirt: Groovy. Writing criticism of said column: Doxxing. #hypocrisy @instapundit
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 16, 2014
Here's a #protip – Do not go into the social-criticism field if you can't take criticism for your arguments. @instapundit
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 16, 2014
One more #protip: No one is responsible for threats except the person that makes them, not others who only criticize you. @instapundit
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 16, 2014
So I stepped away for a day and apparently crazy people are libeling @instapundit on the theory he doesn't know what libel is or something?
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) November 16, 2014
Something like that.
Hey @docfreeride, you should listen to @instapundit. I've literally collected millions of reasons why.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) November 15, 2014
Excellent advice. And maybe read his piece in USA Today. Carefully.
@instapundit ok. I've now read your column 10 times. What in the Hell are they talking about? Was there a secret subliminal font I missed?
— Iditarod Rik (@attyrik) November 16, 2014
Editor’s note: The headline of this post was edited to correct a typo.
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