Posted: 22 February 2019 at 9:27am | IP Logged | 2
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I think you need to consider due process as well. With the internet, we've reached an outrage mob mentality where we don't wait for due process to pass judgement. I think the Vic Mignogna, voice actor, case is an example. The prevailing winds are, he's a serial harasser of women and possibly female minors. He's lost his job, he's been banned from convention signings and labeled public enemy number one. Does he deserve it. Possibly. I know the stories that have come out makes me think he's a single guy trying to have a healthy sex life. Because of this, he's got a bit of a reputation of being a hound dog. +++++++++
The Internet allows people to inject themselves into he said/she said dramas like this. I’ve examined articles and videos covering both sides of the controversy, and I don’t know what to think. Certainly not enough to plant a flag on one side or the other, publicly take up a cause, and proclaim his guilt or innocence. Not my life, not my problem. I wasn’t there, and I don’t know the parties involved, so it’s not my place to pick a side and start shouting.
I will say that something about him has seemed a bit...off...in the interviews and whatnot I’ve seen over the years. And his ex-fiancée has come down on the side which believes he’s guilty (although that could arguably be chalked up to a bitter ex jumping on the bandwagon to kick him when he’s down). Yesterday, I watched a video of him discussing the matter with a crowd and fighting back tears. I still don’t know what to make of it. Genuine sadness and guilt over naively being too handsy with people at cons, or crocodile tears because he’s finally been called out? I don’t know.
What I do know is that the outrage mob mentality of the Internet is a dangerous thing. It’s one thing to voice opinions. It’s another to take sides in an argument. It’s yet another to inject oneself into a public controversy, to the point of lives being ruined, via doxxing and swatting and whatnot.
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