Rosetta mission scientist Dr Matt Taylor persecuted by SJWs

[Vamtrl]

Rosetta mission scientist Dr Matt Taylor cries during apology over 'offensive' shirt

He helped mankind land on a comet, but Dr Matt Taylor may end up being remembered for his risqué sartorial judgement rather than his scientific acumen.

The space scientist broke down in tears today and apologised for wearing a gaudy shirt which featured cartoon images of women wearing bondage gear and firing guns.

During a press briefing this afternoon on the progress of the Rosetta mission, Dr Taylor, the lead scientist, appeared visibly upset and struggled to speak.

Eventually he said: “I made a big mistake and I offended many people and I am very sorry about this."

Dr Taylor received a reassuring pat on the back from Andrea Accomazzo, the Rosetta flight operations director, as he went on to describe the current state of the mission.

In recent days the heavily-tattooed London scientist had become a firm favourite with the public for his unlikely appearance and enthusiastic interviews.

But the shirt has divided opinion, with many women in the science community accusing Dr Taylor of sexism.

Astrophysicist Katie Mack said earlier this week "I don't care what scientists wear. But a shirt featuring women in lingerie isn't appropriate for a broadcast if you care about women in science"

New York blogger, James DiGioia added: “Technology advances while society remains decidedly retrograde.”

But British astronomer Nick Howes, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society defended Dr Taylor: “Matt is a decent guy, and from time spent with him, no mysoginist.”

However the shirt quickly spawned its own hashtag on Twitter -- #shirtstorm -- as both sexes took Taylor to task.

"No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt," tweeted The Atlantic tech writer Rose Eveleth.

So feminists on twitter and other social media sites were quick to pounce on Dr.Matt Taylor for wearing a shirt featuring women in skimpy clothing holding guns while giving an interview after they successfully landed the 10-year project (landing probe on a comet). A shirt which happens to be made by his wife. They claim that him wearing that shirt dissuades women from entering STEM field . Any way, they managed to harass the guy enough to make him apologize over the incident and even made him cry.

BUT that's not enough for them you see. He has to be fired now according to the new campaign against him.

There are not enough facepalms to convey how I feel about this situation. He should have never had to apologized to these professional victims.

[The Grand Prophet]

I know right

[The Grand Prophet]

The thing about it is, tons of people around the world wear that kind of thing, social media just jumps on it because he wore it on tv.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

I don't have lived experiences as a person who suffer misogyny, but seriously, I didn't see nothing overtly sexualized in his shirt.

One thing is to ask for sensibility, another one to be offended at it.

Then again, I'm far less sympathetic to the cause of dyadic cishet men claiming generalized persecution by angry annoying activists, as seems to be the case of OP.

[Revanchism]

>"Persecution"
Ahahahaha no.
I know for a fact that if I ever wore a shirt like that in any event representing my work/company, my ass would be fired in an instant.

[Ashmoria]

who is advocating that he be fired?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Screw them, it's a fucking shirt it doesn't dissuade women from doing anything. I don't get why these people go out of their way to cause issues over things that don't even matter like this, it's mind boggling.

Oh well, that's the internet for you.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

>"Persecution"
Ahahahaha no.
I know for a fact that if I ever wore a shirt like that in any event representing my work/company, my ass would be fired in an instant.

Pretty much.

He was just casual about it. In a manner that lots of people see as still representative of [cis] hetero male power, when he's currently a poster person of a new advance in technology civilization yadda yadda.

It has its sting but it's hardly unexpected. That people can be frustrated with it because of a personal understanding of what symbols represent (and yes, symbolism matters) and be condemned for it being irrational just shows that there's power politics around it.

[Laerod]

Good. Someone that wears something inappropriate while representing a prestigious organization should apologize for it. Matter is settled.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

Screw them, it's a fucking shirt it doesn't dissuade women from doing anything.

Not directly.

Indirectly, symbolism would have, depending on the perspective of who sees it, a big man doing something great in the history of mankind where woman are a secondary figure of aesthetics and sexualization under the gaze of tru protagonists of history.

You have a male perspective. So don't be so eager to call BS and desperate attempts of gathering controversy.

[Glasgia]

Meh, stupid idea to wear that kinda of shirt on TV when you're in the public eye but massive overreaction too. Probably not particularly a misogynist, but he should've known better - The shirt is degrading to women. It's good to see he has apologised, though it's hardly a "breakdown".

The thing about it is, tons of people around the world wear that kind of thing, social media just jumps on it because he wore it on tv.

That's the exact point... It's very hard to pick up on every single man or woman who does something stupid, but it becomes an issue if someone - especially someone who's to some extent a role model - displays that on TV.

Btw, nice to see your first two posts straight on this topic immediately agreeing with the OP :/

[Ratateague]

Sooo... the consumer of said shirt is criticized and not the producer?

[Avaerilon]

At this rate, they'll be demanding that any statues of nude women be removed from art galleries In all seriousness though, sometimes people really do take things too far- this man was not trying to offend or belittle anyone, and has been subject to some very vitriolic comments.

[The Holy Therns]

Sooo... the consumer of said shirt is criticized and not the producer?

This is a very, very, very valid point.

[Ifreann]

I heard about this when I noticed small horse cartoonist and feminist Lauren Faust applauding Dr. Taylor on Twitter for apologising for his shirt. Fuckin' unreasonable SJWs, eh?

[The Holy Therns]

I heard about this when I noticed small horse cartoonist and feminist Lauren Faust applauding Dr. Taylor on Twitter for apologising for his shirt. Fuckin' unreasonable SJWs, eh?

Oho! Something constructive. Got a link, hon?

[Cabana]

Didn't these tumblrinas bully this guy into crying over the shirt?

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

Sooo... the consumer of said shirt is criticized and not the producer?

This is a very, very, very valid point.

Capitalism.

In the end of the day, conscious people would generally not support folks and firms who embody Bad Things.

For example, I am not going to congratulate Charlie Sheen as epic, or else I'd risk scrutiny from like-minded people. Not because Charlie Sheen doesn't deserve scrutiny, but truly because said thing won't work, and also because people can have a scrutiny of standards expected from me as I personally interact with them or represent certain causes or institutions.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

[T]hough it's absolutely horrible that people have obviously hurt such an intelligent man

No. It's exactly because he's intelligent and has a reputation of intelligence, that he shouldn't do dumb things that are harmful to people who hold less relevance to other people's eyes.

[Alyakia]

thanks OP. i am a card carrying SJW from back in the days before everyone used SJW as an insult for everything they didn't like and i thought this was kinda silly. i almost went oh my god they might be right but then lol persecuted by SJWs. you saved from the abyss and my pills are thoroughly unred. again thank you.

[Laerod]

Sooo... the consumer of said shirt is criticized and not the producer? :eyebrow:

This is a very, very, very valid point.

In the effort of salvaging the discussion: I'd disagree. The inherent problem isn't so much that he owns and wears a shirt like this, it's the context in which he wore it. That would be a responsibility beyond the manufacturer's scope.

[Glasgia]

[T]hough it's absolutely horrible that people have obviously hurt such an intelligent man

No. It's exactly because he's intelligent and has a reputation of intelligence, that he shouldn't do dumb things that are harmful to people who hold less relevance to other people's eyes.

The video wasn't loading so I went off the description of it - Now I see that he barely cried and just looked a little sad. I was under the impression he'd had some kinda of mental crack and had been completely emotionally destroyed by harassment. Yeah, now I realise he's sad for doing something stupid and deserves to be a little sad about it.

[Frazers]

Ridiculous. The man did something incredible and the petty idiots used him for there own stupid little agenda. The man should be lauded.

[Glasgia]

Ridiculous. The man did something incredible and the petty idiots used him for there own stupid little agenda. The man should be lauded.

"used him" = Asked him to apologise and were apparently satisfied when he did so. He's been correctly celebrated for what he did right, so he should also apologise for what he did wrong.

[The Nexus of Man]

This is just...

Wow.