Waitrose Food magazine editor William Sitwell : resigns over 'killing vegans' row

[arista]

It was a Private Email.
but then S. Nelson posted online.
Debated today on all media.


Not meant for the Public.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/29/17/5544008-6329981-image-m-7_1540834834424.jpg
[William Sitwell has resigned after
he told vegan freelancer Selene Nelson (above)
in response to her story pitch:
'How about a series on killing vegans, one by one' ]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6337307/Waitrose-food-critic-William-Sitwell-resigns-comments-killing-vegans.html

[Livia]

Never make jokes in emails. Especially to middle-class, quinoa munching, hand-wringing twats.

[arista]

Never make jokes in emails. Especially to middle-class, quinoa munching, hand-wringing twats.


Yes he made big error
with a future trader

[Livia]

She's a freelancer. Hopefully enough editors will have seen this for her never to sell another article.

[arista]

She's a freelancer. Hopefully enough editors will have seen this for her never to sell another article.


Yes happy to post the full private
email.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/31/12/5611114-6337307-image-a-33_1540989601932.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

again

he was forced to go due to a fear of blame from people higher than him - people who wish to protect their elite status and belongings

as for her?

vile

[JoshBB]

It just screams ignorance & hate speech tbh. Imagine if he'd joked about force-feeding non-kosher food to Jewish people for example, there would be OUTRAGE (and rightly so).

The fact that it was a written email makes it so much worse. If it had just been the 'what about killing vegans one by one' comment as part of dark humour in a RL conversation, it would be somewhat forgiveable - a reprimanding rather than being fired. But the context just makes it seem like it comes from a place of hate.

Bit worrying when you have twats like this in journalism

[JoshBB]

Tbh the article is written really weirdly though. I'm genuinely getting confused over which person said what :skull:

She's a freelancer. Hopefully enough editors will have seen this for her never to sell another article.

From what I gather, she didn't say any of the offensive bits. She went to him asking to write a vegan section in the magazine (vegan recipes etc.) and he responded with the anti-vegan "jokes".

[arista]

Tbh the article is written really weirdly though. I'm genuinely getting confused over which person said what :skull:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/31/14/5616462-6337307-image-m-17_1540996440981.jpg

[JoshBB]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/31/14/5616462-6337307-image-m-17_1540996440981.jpg

So, in other words, she just wanted to write about veganism. She never said anything about killing vegans or any of the other stuff.. right?

[arista]

So, in other words, she just wanted to write about veganism. She never said anything about killing vegans or any of the other stuff.. right?




He wrote the Joke Private Email.

[Oliver_W]

How can you tell if someone is vegan?
They'll tell you. Again. And again. And again.

[arista]

How can you tell if someone is vegan?
They'll tell you. Again. And again. And again.


Yes those kinds of Vegans
are a pain in the ass

[smudgie]

This country is totally losing its sense of humour.
Including this vegan woman.:fist:

[arista]

Great debate n LBC now
about Vegan Terrorist's
who will stand outside a Legal Meat Butcher's
and get in the way of customers,


Fecking Arrest Them