Laura Helmuth has resigned from her position as Editor-in-Chief from the Scientific American after she sparked significant backlash with an unhinged, incendiary rant against Trump voters.
Last week, in the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris, Helmuth referred to Trump voters, specifically Gen-X, as “fascists” in a series of deleted posts on Blue Sky.
“I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is so full of fucking fascists,” she wrote in one post.
“Solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because fuck them to the moon and back,” she continued. “Every four years I remember why I left Indiana (where I grew up) and remember why I respect the people who stayed and are trying to make it less racist and sexist. The moral arc of the universe isn’t going to bend…
