Full disclosure: We originally were going to leave this one alone due to the conflicting stories and downright sensational nature of the story, but here’s the thing. Dr. Resistance himself, Eugene Gu, certainly hasn’t been shy about becoming a Twitter celebrity. He has 209,000 followers, contributed to HuffPost and The Hill, and successfully sued to be unblocked by the @realDonaldTrump account. (He has us blocked, though.)
But now Gu is caught up in some #MeToo shenanigans, and even progressive sites like VICE have written about it (though the writer makes it clear she’s sorry she had to):
Dr. Eugene Gu became a public figure with his anti-racism, anti-Trump tweets. Now he's admitting to using a fake Twitter account to manipulate a woman he dated and share his agenda. My latest, in case you feel like losing more faith: https://t.co/wAirWxwlzK
— Ankita Rao (@anrao) July 12, 2018
In what? https://t.co/ap7FyIgY2R
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) July 12, 2018
Actually, my faith in the hospital that fired him just went up.
— Happy Trails (@pornada) July 13, 2018
The Daily Dot has also written about Gu, who says he’s told his side of the story to The Washington Post.
Doctor who sued Trump accused of sexual assault by apparent ex-girlfriend on Twitter: https://t.co/PfrcR1acu5 pic.twitter.com/j1eO7ospUq
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) July 12, 2018
In short, Dr. Gu is accused of … well, it’s complicated. Here’s what VICE had to say:
But Gu remained vocal on Twitter. And last week, he catalyzed a string of incidents that pissed off even the doctors who had originally on been on his side. In a couple of tweets, Gu claimed that Dr. Glaumerflecken, the Twitter user and physician satirist who runs the GomerBlog, had a racist avatar. Several doctors responded, pointing out that what Gu was calling blackface was an opthalmoscope, a device used to check the eyes. The Twitter account @MaryLauryMD came to Gu’s defense.
Things then took a turn for the worse. On July 9, a Twitter user with the handle @DrMeowskis published a string of tweets alleging that Gu sexually harassed her and manipulated her by using the @MaryLauryMD account in secret. In a thread peppered with screenshots of the strange correspondence, the twitter user said she and Gu had been dating when he became too aggressive. And then, when they spoke less, she said he posed as @MaryLauryMD, someone who was infatuated with Gu.
Got it? If you’re interested in Gu’s defense, on Thursday morning he posted a really, really, really long and sexually explicit thread telling his side of the story, although he did admit to posing as Mary Laury on Twitter. Funny how the guy who was so adamant to be unblocked by the president’s personal account apparently had several, with several identities.
If you’d like to read Gu’s thread, it begins here and goes on forever:
https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1017352777037561856
Here’s where he admits to posing as Mary Laury, something he’d denied earlier:
https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1017356692009279488
Um …
And his web continues to unravel. RT @justkelly_ok: @DrJenGunter @SavoirFaireMN @eugenegu @DoctorMeowskis @ZDoggMD @DGlaucomflecken He lied about it and tried to write it off as a right-wing smear, why should we believe anything he says? pic.twitter.com/JXpfMgPzI8
— Dr. Zubin Damania (@ZDoggMD) July 12, 2018
And here’s the woman accusing Gu of using that fake account to manipulate her:
https://twitter.com/DoctorMeowskis/status/1016488436428140544
OK, that’s weird and creepy. And here’s where his accuser’s story begins:
https://twitter.com/DoctorMeowskis/status/1016508630642905088
But Gu insists he’s not to be lumped in with the #MeToo crowd:
In summary, the #MeToo movement is not about women vs. men or men vs. women. It’s about all human beings who are victimized by sexual assault or sexual harassment. Men can be victimized by women too. And false accusations without due process is a weapon of terror.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) July 12, 2018
In any case, the whole hot mess has compelled Gu to leave Twitter for a bit.
Past few weeks have been so emotionally devastating for me. Many have asked me to “Anthony Bourdain myself.” I know public figures are supposed to handle whatever attacks come our way, but sometimes things are just too much for a human being. I’ll be taking a break from Twitter.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) July 12, 2018
We’re not passing judgment one way or the other here; like we said, it gets really weird. But here we have a Resistance hero being exposed not by conservatives, but by the #Medtwitter community and some online detective work. We’ll let VICE wrap it up:
For now, at least 200,000 people are left wondering exactly who Eugene Gu is. Is he a progressive doctor fighting racism, anti-science crusaders, and the Trump administration? Or a Twitter troll who has relentlessly manipulated a woman he dated? The unsatisfying answer is: He could be both.
OK, we’ll admit some Twitchy favorites had fun with the story:
Dear Penthouse Lettershttps://t.co/FCjWsRiVkd
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 12, 2018
" I never tought it would happen to me…"
— NonKompisMentis (@NonKompisMentis) July 12, 2018
…Then I grabbed my big huge Burner Account and proceeded to gaslight the s**t out of her.
— Bryan Suits (Not California Compliant) (@darksecretplace) July 12, 2018
So he sticks it in the crazy and then is upset the crazy turned out to be crazy? Is this a grown man or a thirteen year old boy? Doc, there is a magical word all adults should be familiar with. It is "No".
— carolyn tackett (@CarolsCloset) July 12, 2018
It's ironic he started "While incredibly hard for me," and then went on to describe his inability to get incredibly hard.
— Jared A. Chambers ?? (@C4CEO) July 12, 2018
A 'man' recasts regrettable sex as sexual assault.https://t.co/rvim0w8j4t
— Roger the Shrubber (@KnightsofNeeee) July 12, 2018
@eugenegu His thread reads like a high school boy who got caught stalking the local soccer mom. He is a sad simplistic dullard who is now digging into a deeper hole of lies.
— MarkMizzou ???♂️??? (@MMS5833) July 12, 2018
If #EugeneGu has any friends that aren't just his burner accts, now would be a good time for them to tell him to get off his cross and seek help.
Seriously, it's getting weird.— SpaceRacer423 (@SpaceRacer423) July 12, 2018
I laughed…but then thought about it and….ugh.
— America's Hat© (@ianslessor) July 12, 2018
Yeah, ugh.
Related:
National crisis comes to an end: @realDonaldTrump unblocks Eugene Gu on Twitter https://t.co/imz5BGhtQI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 5, 2018
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