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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t have a problem with her being fired. But those of you who think that it was just a “dumb joke,” no big deal, the apology is enough, Weigel did nothing wrong, it is a “dad joke” (wtf), do you really trust Weigel’s reporting on women now? Do you think Weigel can fairly report on a woman who raises an assertion of sexual harassment or assault? Or about an employment dispute of unequal pay?

If so, where is your line? Last year Mike Huckaee tweeted the racist “joke” below. If a reporter had retweeted that Tweet from his or her professional account, would you be okay with it? Would you trust that reporter on any issues having to do with Asian Americans again?  Where do you draw your line?

[twitter]https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1378351326120312836[/twitter][/quote]

I've followed Weigel for MANY years across multiple platforms and always liked his writing and honestly never saw anything that I would say even hinted at being this sexist. The joke was crass but I mean...people sometimes make stupid jokes. I feel like we are really at a bad place in society if one bad joke can change people's perceptions of your ENTIRE personality and moral framework. I guess if this is the first thing you've ever heard him write then I could see it leaving a terrible taste, but as someone that has read his reporting for a long time, it seems like something dumb. Like if my brother said this I would maybe punch his arm and tell him he's being a d but I wouldn't cut him out of my life. That is where I land on the actual tweet.

- very liberal feminist pro metoo hates johnny depp woman[/quote]

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