Apology

I have an apology to make.

I spoke before thinking. I spoke loudly. I spoke and I hurt people. People who mean a lot to me. I hurt a mission that means everything to me.

I tweeted in anger and I said things to an imaginary place inside my phone that I would never say in person.  

I spoke without grace. I spoke with a foul mouth. 

We say it all the time, “Don’t Tweet Angry,” and it’s because we know the internet has a way of making us forget there are humans on the other end of the tube. In this case, the humans were people I know. People who are passionate, conscientious, dedicated, and good.  

This is bad. This is not who I aspire to be. I am sorry.

I hurt people that are contributing to this great collective, this great educational mission. #NephTwitter is the greatest FOAMed effort in Medicine. #NephTwitter is what every specialty in medicine should aspire to. And the Nephrologists running The GlomCon Fellowship are doing a great job building #NephTwitter. I should never do anything to tear this down. I am profoundly sorry. 

Let’s keep AngryTwitter as far from #NephTwitter as possible.

I will start with myself. I will be better.