specialk said:
I'm generally of the same mindset as you. Liberal person but the outrage is out of hand. A lot of people did a fair bit of "virtue signalling", i.e. "Look at me tear down this guy who clearly isn't a very big obstacle in terms of women gaining equality. Look at how I said mean things about him from behind a keyboard on Twitter. Look how pro-woman I am!" I don't think Collin's life was ruined though. I think he's wanted to do this for awhile. And I think he's gotten more support on patreon due to backlashing agaisnt backlash than he would have if he had left on an ordinary Tuesday to start doing his own thing. The Internet loves drama and eCelebs eat it up too. That's what this is in my opinion. |
Yeah, that sums it up nicely for me, too. Totally agree about the "pro-woman" stuff.
I'm the first guy to stand up if I see actual inequality and I think it's because of that mindset that I hate it when people make up stuff or exaggerate the numbers. In the end, it does not help real victims at all. A few years back I had to give testimony because a woman had been sexually abused (I was the first person she talked to about it, and I told her to contact the police). When I talked to the police they kept asking all kinds of questions about her (in a nutshelll: "Do you think this is real, or is she just a crazy person trying to ruin someone's life?") When I got annoyed and said I'm 100% certain she's not faking this the woman who took my testimony apologized and told me the number of false rape accusations is so high that they are always skeptical. Just try to wrap your head around that: The real victims suffer because of this stuff! Playing the sexual harrassment card is so easy these days for the 5% or so of women out there who happen to be bad people that actual victims are considered suspicious.
And you are right, of course: The way things went probably helped Collin in the end.
