Sexual harassment

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And there it is, inserting a political agenda onto a gaming forum. Please stop. This is not the place for anyone's propaganda.

"Political Agenda" is a buzzword that tries to give credence to a group of giant man-children who pitched a fit and threatened people. But uh. Yeah, go ahead and pump that one brain cell to think they were ever in the right, I guess?



For the topic at hand, though:

- Treating people like people isn't a political stance or some revolutionary controversial position.
- Abuse and harassment, and sexual abuse and harassment, are both morally reprehensible.
- If you think it's the victims' fault for allowing it, then you probably don't understand much about the topic at hand and think yourself a veritable expert on human psyche because you maybe read an article once.
- Yes, emotionally vulnerable and inexperienced people make bad decisions. But it's still the fault of the other person involved for taking advantage of it and actively causing harm. And knowingly causing harm.

No, it's not fun to be in the situation a lot of the women are/were in during this whole debacle with TMP. No, it's not obvious when it starts and by the time one comes to realize what was going on, it's already too late because odds are something was said, something was done, something was provided in the past when trust was high that can now be used against you. And no, it's not an easy decision to make when you're weighing two options and one of them encompasses keeping a position you heavily enjoy and see as an opportunity to branch off into larger things. It's also not fun to have your social circles threatened, your reputation and dignity threatened to keep you continuing with something you really want to be out of.

Yes, there's more cases of this. Yes, there's likely stuff like this happening in other communities in-game right now with other people involved.

Yes, putting these cases on display not only helps raise a sense of awareness that this can go on, but it can also provide information and tools to people who might eventually be able to use such tools and knowledge to avoid the situation.

Yes, this type of crap sticks with you for a long time. Yes, it makes most people feel emotionally charged on the topic (I know I'm withholding a lot of self-restraint right now).

No, calling someone a pos for doing this to multiple people is not "a witch hunt" especially when the information is fully on display. It's called holding someone accountable for their actions. Good god.

Yes, most of this is directly about TMP and that thing.