A widely beloved professor lost her small group and had her reputation dragged through the mud by Twitter bluechecks who labeled her a sexual predator for no reason that any sane observer could discern. One of the students experienced so much mental distress she had to take a leave of absence. Doesn't sound "overblown" to me.
It was very good at ask for defenders of Dean Gerken to speak up. Everyone deserves to have his case made, and it was looking like she needed a public defender in the court of public opinion. But this is still pretty weak. It's sort of like your defense counsel ignoring the murder incident and saying your boss really likes you because you're so good at doing the firm's taxes each year, plus your kids think you're great, and you're going to sell your gun collection, probably.
So could someone please make a "best case" for Dean Gerken being morally fit for this position? There may be one to be made, but as it is, she loses.
A widely beloved professor lost her small group and had her reputation dragged through the mud by Twitter bluechecks who labeled her a sexual predator for no reason that any sane observer could discern. One of the students experienced so much mental distress she had to take a leave of absence. Doesn't sound "overblown" to me.
It was very good at ask for defenders of Dean Gerken to speak up. Everyone deserves to have his case made, and it was looking like she needed a public defender in the court of public opinion. But this is still pretty weak. It's sort of like your defense counsel ignoring the murder incident and saying your boss really likes you because you're so good at doing the firm's taxes each year, plus your kids think you're great, and you're going to sell your gun collection, probably.
So could someone please make a "best case" for Dean Gerken being morally fit for this position? There may be one to be made, but as it is, she loses.