Johnny Depp asked to resign from Fantastic Beasts series after court loss, #3 delayed

[DonFerrari]

pokoko said:

People are beginning to learn that harassment and abuse aren't primarily driven by gender, sexuality, or political inclination. The key factor is power and the confidence that the abuser is in a secure position.

For instance, this interesting case: "IGDA Women in Games Special Interest Group chair and IGDA Foundation Next Gen Leaders alumna Jennifer Scheurle stepped down from her position at the IGDA of her own accord following accusations of manipulation, harassment and emotional abuse."

What makes his case stand out isn't just that the accused is female or that she is an activist who supports the "believe all women" mantra, it's also important because the IGDA attempted to completely bury the allegations.  In short, some of the loudest critics of toxic behavior in the gaming community are now accused of the very same things.

This is what happens when people reach a position where they are confident they can do what they want without meaningful repercussions.

What we are starting to see now, with regards to the MeToo movement, is that some women believe that simply being female gives them that power--and in some cases, they're right.  One of the co-workers that harassed me actually said, "we're female, all we have to do is cry and they'll believe us."  She was secure in the power she held so she felt free to act on it.

The media is also an important factor in all this, as they clearly pick who they target and who they support based on their own agenda.  Individuals as prominent as Jennifer Scheurle being accused, along with the subsequent allegations of a cover-up, should probably equate to a big deal but it doesn't look like the publications who make the most noise about "cleaning up the industry" have given this the coverage you might imagine.  I think it's obvious that sites like Kotaku and Polygon believe the continuation of their agenda is more important than the truth.  They will knowingly enable abuse and harassment in situations where fighting against it compromises their political position.  For all their smug righteousness, they're no better than the people they claim to work against.

I'm pretty sure that the only reason this came to light at all was that her accuser was female.  Otherwise, she'd still be untouchable.  Not that all that much damage has been done--she doesn't seem to have been "Cancelled" or especially hurt by the allegations, amazingly enough.

ANYONE can be a victim, ANYONE can be an abuser.  Those who claim to be on the side of the victim but are ONLY on the side of the victim when it's politically convenient are complete hypocrites.  

I would say that the people with the smug righteousness is actually worse than the imaginary people they are fighting against. Because first there isn't actually that much that still think like these groups try to portray, and the ones that think are actually ostracized and viewed as wrong almost universally, second these groups have support and power plus control of media to push their narrative. To make it all worse they are so extreme and biased that it is cracking out their shinning armor and more and more people are starting to negate what they say or the cases involving this type of talk even when it is actually right.