{"id":4068,"date":"2012-06-05T11:31:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=4068"},"modified":"2012-06-05T11:31:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T16:31:05","slug":"dj-grothe-vs-tony-stark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/05\/dj-grothe-vs-tony-stark\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Grothe vs. Tony Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think the DJ Grothe thing has run its course.  DJ issued <a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2012\/06\/why-i-wont-be-at-tam-this-year\/#comment-151261\">a lengthy apology to Rebecca Watson<\/a> on Skepchick.  The apology has some good things in it, DJ has said some of the proper, need-to-be-said things.  But as has been pointed out by both <a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2012\/06\/why-i-wont-be-at-tam-this-year\/#comment-151391\">Rebecca<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2012\/06\/why-i-wont-be-at-tam-this-year\/#comment-151267\">Stephanie<\/a> (see also <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/almostdiamonds\/2012\/06\/04\/what-did-d-j-apologize-for\/\">this<\/a>) with added commentary by <a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/lousycanuck\/2012\/06\/03\/dj-grothe-apologizes-to-one-woman\/\">Jason<\/a>, DJ&#8217;s comment&#8230;what it said, how it was said, what wasn&#8217;t said, to whom it was said, and to whom it was not said, among other things&#8230;underscored rather than diffused the problem.  Now, he should be prepared to take the next needed steps.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Phil tells us that there comes a time in many relationships for one person to be a hero.  It is now time for DJ Grothe to be the hero. Pursuant to this, I give you &#8230; DJ Grothe, Joining <em>The Avengers<\/em> for a Trial Period:<!--more--><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4069\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/files\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/dj_grothe_v_tony_stark\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg?fit=340%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"340,577\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;DJ GROTHE AND TONY STARK &#8230;. SEPARATED AT BIRTH?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg?fit=176%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg?fit=340%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/files\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark-176x300.jpg?resize=176%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg?resize=176%2C300&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg?resize=88%2C150&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DJ_Grothe_v_Tony_Stark.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ GROTHE AND TONY STARK .... SEPARATED AT BIRTH?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<h4>Tony Stark:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepared to protect the world from evil with amazing technology<\/li>\n<li>Wears a red invincible suit<\/li>\n<li>Needs an HR department and has one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>DJ Grothe:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Needs to stop protecting TAM and start protecting Skepticism from itself<\/li>\n<li>Probably does not have a red invincible suit and that&#8217;s OK<\/li>\n<li>Needs an HR department and does not have one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is not hard.  Even a Skeptic can do it. Bring in a consultant, DJ.  There are people who do this for a living. Bring in an outside, independent, professional.  Not a public relations professional (shame on anyone for thinking I meant that!) No.  An organizational professional with expertise in Human Resources and Harassment compliance, and intra-organizational (as in Intra-Skepticism, not JREF) problem solving skills.  If you want, I can suggest some names.  Or, just click <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/JTaH1s\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the DJ Grothe thing has run its course. DJ issued a lengthy apology to Rebecca Watson on Skepchick. The apology has some good things in it, DJ has said some of the proper, need-to-be-said things. But as has been pointed out by both Rebecca and Stephanie (see also this) with added commentary by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/05\/dj-grothe-vs-tony-stark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DJ Grothe vs. Tony Stark<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[405,884,286,899,902,588,5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-13C","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}