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Curmudgeoness

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5. I think that the reaction goes too far as well.

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 01:38 PM

Jun 2015

Actually, I think the reaction to a lot of non-PC things goes too far. Maybe that is because I am older and have seen a lot of sexism in my work life. I have also seen how far it has come from when I started working. Until a new generation who has not known a time when we were not PC are older, and all of us old farts are gone, this is bound to happen. I really do not believe that Hunt meant any harm to women. If I find evidence to the contrary, I will change my opinion.

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Tim Hunt the victim of self-righteous feeding frenzy, says Richard Dawkins [View all] Goblinmonger Jun 2015 OP

Brian Cox said the same thing Rainforestgoddess Jun 2015 #1

Well, he isn't DAWKINS!!! Goblinmonger Jun 2015 #2

"Disproportionate" is a good word here. trotsky Jun 2015 #3

I've heard repeatedly (including quotes from Hunt) that it qnr Jun 2015 #10

It's just the kind of joke.... AlbertCat Jun 2015 #4

I think that the reaction goes too far as well. Curmudgeoness Jun 2015 #5

Dawkins seems to be mumbling. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #6

Hunt is from an era when science was a boys' club. deucemagnet Jun 2015 #7

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As so often, Dawkins is spot on. Yorktown Jun 2015 #9

It wasn't just a joke, though muriel_volestrangler Jun 2015 #11

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