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- A New Medical Specialty: Child abuse pediatricians diagnose and document signs of abuse. Their work has come under growing skepticism for the frequent use of the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis.
- Some Controversial Diagnoses: Dr. Nancy Harper, a Minnesota child abuse pediatrician, has been criticized by doctors, lawyers and even a judge for how she handled some cases of alleged child abuse.
- The Price of Criticism: Dr. Bazak Sharon said he lost his job after questioning how Harper and her team made abuse diagnoses. Hospital officials said he failed to follow appropriate protocols.
That’s how it works now: shut up and smile or get banned. Even here, on Lemmy, where I was hoping to avoid fascist Reddit moderation I was once banned for “antagonistic messages”. How dare I express an opinion that doesn’t match the “correct” one?
I can’t assess who is crazy in this pediatric fight, but asking questions and expressing professional opinions should never lead to losing the job.
You can only be banned on certain instances/communities in the Fediverse. Some people take being banned from certain fascist instances as a mark of pride.
We have instances where moderators don’t ban people they don’t like?
My instance, for the most part, doesn’t ban anyone.
The only ban from SDF I’ve seen was incredibly well deserved, and I badgered the poor admin probably way too much to get it to happen.
👍 Continue to do what you’re doing – you’re doing it well.
Sorry if it came out wrong, I meant the instance I use. I don’t run it.