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The American Heart Association has removed Roberto Bolli, a University of Louisville cardiologist, as editor-in-chief of its journal Circulation Research since “hate speech” he sent to a local ballet has come to light, according to Medscape.
Bolli, a professor of medicine, physiology, and biophysics at the Kentucky university’s School of Medicine, reportedly sent an email in March 2018 to the Louisville Ballet after receiving a promotional flier for the show Human Abstract. The flier depicts two men holding hands in ballet leggings with the text, “If you love someone, let him go.”
In a redacted email published on the blog Art Writing is Dead and allegedly sent from Bolli’s personal account, he told the dance company, “You have reached a new low. Your company is now promoting sodomy and homosexuality,” and demanded the ballet’s “minions of Satan” stop sending “this filth” to his home. The blog ...
