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A measured response to yesterday& #39;s furore about @psychmag and @justcallmekirsty (thread)
Firstly, I replied in anger and haste last night with a knee-jerk and ill-considered response. I apologise for that. It was wrong to suggest the ed should lose his job.
@FosterChangeUK
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Firstly, I replied in anger and haste last night with a knee-jerk and ill-considered response. I apologise for that. It was wrong to suggest the ed should lose his job.
@FosterChangeUK
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Second, I stand by my opinion that the editor should reconsider the decision to publish an opinion piece that crossed a line from provoking debate to pushing an anti social justice agenda (the writer confirmed that she opposes social justice.
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I am a writer and editor myself. We all make errors of judgement. I have done many times. In those circumstances, I& #39;ve apologised and tried to put right. Sometimes it& #39;s been well received. Once, it led to me no longer writing for that publication.
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It hurts to know you& #39;ve messed up. It& #39;s hard to apologise. But sometimes it& #39;s the right thing to do. In this instance, I believe an apology from the editor a reconsideration of giving the writer& #39;s views a platform would be reasonable and expected.
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With regard to the writer, I stand by my opinion that her views are abhorrent. I believe that was the correct choice of word, and many agree with me. I don& #39;t appreciate my journalistic skills being called into question.
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More worryingly, the writer telling me that I & #39;need help& #39; and to develop & #39;coping skills& #39; because I challenged her is quite shockingly crass and unprofessional from a psychologist. I& #39;m utterly flabberghasted that she would say such things, given her position.
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I accept that I presumed to speak for others last night, and I shouldn& #39;t have done that. I can& #39;t and shouldn& #39;t claim to know what POC think of the writer& #39;s opinions. I apologise for that.
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The writer& #39;s subsequent tweet - saying that opposing social justice doesn& #39;t make her racist, with patronising hand claps between each word - has most likely made her opinions less valid, rather than more.
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I also object to being called a bully and thinking I& #39;m God. I wrote too hastily last night, and as I said above, I overreacted by saying the editor& #39;s position was untenable, but I certainly don& #39;t think I was bullying anyone.
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Finally, we& #39;re in strange times - not just with Covid, but with George Floyd, Wisconsin etc. In this climate, I think anyone who gives people a public platform, and represents a professional body, needs to give even more consideration than usual to what they publish.
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