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Originally Posted by The_Enobee
Or you could try reading the rest of my post. I'm not convicting anyone. Gaiman has made a rebuttal, and he has admitted to problematic behavior. A lot of glossing over going on in this thread.
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Great Ghu and little golliwogs! How your goal posts have moved since the post quoted below! Could you explain the change in your posts from claiming that someone who has been accused should not be treated as innocent until proven guilty together with a shot of whinging about people who have "money, power, prestige, and privilege"? That opinion seems rather different from the way you are now trying to portray yourself as not convicting anyone. Did someone force you to write "Did Gaiman do something illegal? I don't care"?
I had to admire your honesty when you admitted that you didn't care if Gaiman did anything illegal. For you, the simple accusation was enough. Combine that with what appears to be a healthy helping of class envy and I feel that was enough for any person in possession of a moiety of their senses to conclude that you feel Gaiman is guilty until proven innocent. Again, your post quoted below makes it rather clear that you are convicting someone.
And while Gaiman's behaviour that you—and likely most of the other posters in this thread—find repulsive does not make that behaviour criminal acts until such time as he is found guilty by a court of law.
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Originally Posted by The_Enobee
I believe the problem is that we can't just give a pass because someone isn't convicted in a court of law. There is almost no chance someone with no power accusing someone with money, power, prestige, and privilege can get a fair shake. Even if they reported it immediately, the chances of conviction are chancy at best. If they report it later, forget it. It's not fair.
People in power do not play by the same rules, and those taking advantage of people with less power in a sexual way, to my way of thinking, are the scum of the earth. Did Gaiman do something illegal? I don't care, he took advantage of those he could, and that cuts his legs out from under him and I can't ignore that when approaching his books.
I'm not telling others how to feel or act, but I don't think a lack of conviction in a court of law should be the litmus and exonerate the artist or the art.
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