implying at the least that some criticism is sexist.
And some has been, as the article pretty much demonstrates. That doesn't mean that any criticism of her as a fraud is sexist, as you implied people were saying in those articles.
The next article:
That's paraphrasing Holmes herself! Reporting on what she says does not mean the journalist agrees.
The next article:
He's a family friend of hers and an investor in the company; he has both a personal and a financial stake in it. That's not an example of "wokeness" from SV, but of someone trying to protect their investment.
Every linked article says or implies that Holmes wouldn't have been criticised as harshly if she were a man. Which is pure whataboutism
It's only whataboutism if used as a tactic to discredit all criticism, but from those articles, only Holmes herself and the investor/family friend seem to do that.
It's not whataboutism if pondered as issue in itself; Holmes is a fraud and deserving of criticism, and yet she can also be victim of sexism, and that can be worth talking about too.
And some has been, as the article pretty much demonstrates. That doesn't mean that any criticism of her as a fraud is sexist, as you implied people were saying in those articles.
The next article:
That's paraphrasing Holmes herself! Reporting on what she says does not mean the journalist agrees.
The next article:
He's a family friend of hers and an investor in the company; he has both a personal and a financial stake in it. That's not an example of "wokeness" from SV, but of someone trying to protect their investment.
Every linked article says or implies that Holmes wouldn't have been criticised as harshly if she were a man. Which is pure whataboutism
It's only whataboutism if used as a tactic to discredit all criticism, but from those articles, only Holmes herself and the investor/family friend seem to do that.
It's not whataboutism if pondered as issue in itself; Holmes is a fraud and deserving of criticism, and yet she can also be victim of sexism, and that can be worth talking about too.