Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints

What commenters are saying

The dominant view is that the ejection was unjustified censorship targeting political dissent rather than genuine misconduct. Commenters note the contradiction: the ADA published the editorial in its own journal, yet prohibited its physical distribution at its own conference, suggesting the organizers objected to the editorial's political content rather than the distribution method itself. One commenter flagged the editorial is freely available online. Several commenters frame this as symptomatic of deeper problems: federal funding dependencies that enable administrative control over academic speech, and the current administration's intolerance for any pushback. A smaller discussion branch debated whether such incidents require symbolic protest or sustained labor organizing to effect change.