Today, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (@RCSLT) published a 5-month long investigation into the fact that its CEO was ‘following’ Tommy Robinson on X.
You read that correctly.
Not that he praised Tommy Robinson. Not that he amplified or re-posted Tommy Robinson. But that he was ‘following’ Tommy Robinson, from his own personal X account.
A sub-committee was established with a barrister appointed to investigate, in order to reflect the “gravity of the situation”.
Even more ludicrous, the investigation found that “on the balance of probabilities it was deemed that this was an accidental follow”.
The outcome? The CEO has been forced to issue a “personal apology for his actions”. In this apology, he has apologised for the “hurt, distress, fear and anger that this caused”.https://x.com/JamesEsses/status/1876285240848580920?t=Y-xXHQlRTQjO75nDr2dW5A&s=19
And after all this, we are told something is wrong with us when we observe that something is deeply messed up in Great Britain.
I follow tons of people I completely disagree with. It helps to stay informed, stay open-minded, know what to expect. I purposefully seek out points of view that are very different from mine. And it’s precisely that openness, that kind of curiosity and inquisitiveness that merits long investigations and groveling apologies.
It should shock everybody’s sensibility that people are made to apologize for social media follows.
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