Thank you Trish. There is a lot more that is outrageous about Geoff's experience, including a Title IX officer with an agenda who served as judge, jury, and executioner. (Very similar to Laura Kipnis's experience at the University of Chicago.) But the coup de gras was when the Title IX officer received an email from one of the complainants with "corrections" to her story, which invalidated the complaint, and he said that it made no difference in his decision. Hmmmm . . . a complainant actually admits to lying and that doesn't change his mind?? Wow. And there's more . . . much more. All of it surreal, like it couldn't be happening--censorship on social media, defenders unable to speak because they were shouted down (by faculty!), and astronomy faculty rushing to condemn Geoff without knowing what actually happened except what was in a BuzzFeed article. And then there's those people who are trying (still) to re-write history and attribute Geoff's discoveries to others. His wikipedia page was marked up by a few vicious little toads, intent on stripping him of his discoveries. It's still being modified by people with an agenda. This experience would make an interesting book. Maybe one day.
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