Quote Originally Posted by Ryel View Post
Except that it isn't as it's been brought up and disproven in literally every single thread that this debate has taken place in.
No, it really hasn't been 'disproven' at all. You might like for it to be 'disproven' as it's convenient for your position to create that impression. You might feel that in your opinion the fear of harassment has somehow been 'disproven' in any or all of those topics, but that's your subjective point of view on the matter, not fact.

The point about fear of harassment is that it's a subjective emotion that some players feel. There is nothing to disprove about that, it's a simple fact that people can feel an emotion such as fear of harassment. It doesn't matter if it's rational in your opinion, or not. It doesn't matter if the incidence of actual harassment is low, the fact is that it does happen. If players fear that, you can downplay it all you like, but you can't 'disprove' it.

Downplaying that fear is nothing more than a tactic in support of your position on the use of parsers.