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I love the fact that this guy is backpedaling his ‘likes’ once he started getting called out. People need to quit being afraid of these mobs and stand on principle.

At some point you have to plant a flag on a hill and be willing to die on it. Dude, you’re 70! Go down swinging!

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Medicine has never been an exact science or a "one size fits all" solution. Pharma and the govt now own the universities and anyone that goes against their narrative is out! Science used to be about challenging ideas. Now it is about whose butt you can kiss to get a big research grant. Pretty soon we won't be able to define science...just like we can't define what a woman is!!!

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"Honest Discussion" ... Alex, they don't want an honest discussion. Just keep doing what you are doing, it is having a tremendous effect. You have been the top voice of dissent in this entire mess and should be very proud!

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This sucks, and I can relate.

I was shunned by a national group I’ve been affiliated with most of my professional life for liking Bad Cattitude and Free Press (Bari Weiss) on Substack about eight months ago. Pretty tame stuff back then, but it was enough to show my general attitudes about both wokeness and Covid. This was before I really branched out on this platform.

I sincerely hope everything works out for this individual!

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May 2, 2023·edited May 2, 2023

The “fix” for this madness is a parallel universe of sorts where independent universities and other private practitioners offer another track where merit is king. It’s already happening with the Brownstone Institute, Hillsdale College, non woke investment funds etc. Support it, build it and they will come.

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Incredible, what is going on in this world!

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Seems to me he made a mistake all right- apologizing.

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THIS IS INSANE. And some 30 something (at best?!) communications phd is weighing in on an immunologist’s take???? WHAT IS HAPPENING

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Why would anybody work for any organization that would fire people for liking a post?

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May 2, 2023·edited May 2, 2023

As one in academia I am saddened and sickened by the state of biomedicine. In the old days sex was male and female while gender was masculine and feminine. Now all bets are off. I'm certain that those bringing tiktok to our shores are just counting the days to our collapse.

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The speed with which "liberal" democracies are turning into tyrannies is dizzying.

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I sometimes accidentally like tweets due to my Parkinson’s:).

By the way I believe my Parkinson’s is from a Tetanus shot, I’ll never know for sure however my medical records reveal a definite change in my health following that injection. Hmm?

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If pansies (I’m being nice) had stood up against evil on “DAY 1”, we wouldn’t be here.

PROBLEM >>>BIG PANSIES-People literally will not stand up against something their LIFE depends on.

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May 2, 2023·edited May 2, 2023

People have been fired for following Libs of TikTok! THIS doesn’t surprise me at all. 😞

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The world we live in is upside down.

The apology almost gets me more than him being unrighteously called out. Ugh.

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Maybe the hospital has a big inventory of mRNA vaccine that it needs to move and this guy is discouraging customers.

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Tragically rediculous!

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Free Speech is guaranteed????

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Holy. Fucking. Shit.

That appology reads like a transcript from a Maoist struggle session.

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I can’t believe he apologized. An apology is a death sentence. Apologies in this clown world of ours are an admission of guilt which allow your critics to feel vindicated and assured in their stance against you. It never works in your favor. Just like the coerced admissions of guilt in any totalitarian regime, your own words set you in front of, and are used as justification for the firing squad.

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Horrific. Absolutely horrific that this is where we are as a society. I fear for our future.

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Surreal SCOTUS doesn't end this violation of the constitution. Its so obvious too and yet it simply goes on and on and on

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Well, I've posted several iterations of Alex's tweet. Unfortunately, my view counts have been throttled to near zero. Somehow, I hope word of this attack on the University President's free speech rights gains positive traction.

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The radical snake always eventually eat its own tail... this guy is spineless, what a pathetic virtuous plea to the woke mob.

A stand for the truth would have saved him - He has already taken the hemlock.

2023 Darwin Award Candidate - Academia

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This madness must stop

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Federal funding is blood money.

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Looks to me like the CEO is a worthless swine, worthy only of derision and disgust.

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Alex, how did it feel seeing Biden at the WHCD saying he believes in the 1A?

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Who has time to scroll through Twitter monitoring another adult’s likes? People need better hobbies.

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but in the end he was an unprincipled coward...so

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Self righteousness is weirdly at the core of bigoted thought. And those who believe they have the "good" and "right" beliefs (about any subject today) and that differing so therefore wrong, evil beliefs of others cannot be allowed are narrow minded bigots. Anyone who cannot accept that others are different, come from different backgrounds and have had different experiences so therefore have different opinions, is a bigot. That a research university is bigoted is terrifying.

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The board's diversity is all they care about. University is the antithesis of Thomas Jefferson. Pathetic!

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Theyre all insane.

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This is precisely why I created my alt account, Shady Timothy, to protect my actual identity

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He grovelled to the gods, and will still be fired. Bet that feels good.

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Being lead by the good old Phila Inquirer noting Alex as the most wrong man about Covid as identified in the Atlantic (with no further support or information) as part of the reason for the firing. How is someone who reads this rag as if it is news supposed to think otherwise!

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Disgraceful conduct by the University BUT this poor man’s grovelling apology is utterly shameful and as a result of his abject fear of standing for his ‘truth’ he deserves NO favour.

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Very interesting: the pRGAS (pro RNAvaxs + Gender reassignment surgery) complex displaying its all powerfull cancelling activity.

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Let the struggle sessions begin…

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It would appear that Dr. Cacchione doesn't understand that he is not the higher standard.

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founding

Not Twitter user

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You are the best voice of truth. Thank you

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What a downward spiral this is. Not on Twitter but have at it.

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I can’t believe it’s not Jessa Lingel who’s losing her job. Jesus.

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Just tell him to settle.

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We can’t and that’s the point.

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Pathetic that he apologized. He was taken to task for liking tweets that discussed gender surgery being child mutilation. It is. Tells you how bankrupt our institutions are today. Children are no longer safe in Woke America. The Biden DOJ is suing State of Tennessee to reverse their recent legislation to protect children under 18. Our government is suing to make sure kids can receive puberty blockers and life altering surgery. I am at a loss.

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As a long time user of Jefferson Healthcare Systems, this ridiculousness is about to make me find a couple of new providers.

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May 2, 2023·edited May 2, 2023

We are coming closer to becoming Stalin’s Russia. There was a charlatan named Lysenko who pushed a theory that acquired traits are heritable. Arguing against this BS could cost one his job if he was lucky. The less lucky could lose freedom or life (yes, some were executed).

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