- Joined
- Mar 7, 2016
Well think about it this way, Trump is a center-right billionaire, whos also President of the US, people hate him, but have sex dreams about him.
Vic is an attractive successful VA, who is a Christian that does bible studies at cons, and the allegations from the side that hates him sound like sex dreams about him.
In my experience, I've been always wary of overtly religious people. 1) It doesn't really "mesh" with british social norms 2) The ones I have met that are like that have usually used their religious leanings and position to get caught in doing stupid shit or other abuses. 3) Usually from some smaller sect, like Baptists. (especially when compared to more austere sects I have dealt with more like Anglicans and Methodists)
From what I've seen of Vic... I ain't getting that vibe. Like, the way they talk, the way they act... nope. He's done well to keep his faith and pro work reasonably separate and the bible studies/prayer meeting things seem to have stemmed from similar "Bad reading of..." schticks that are con mainstays and as noted, they're largely there to make people laugh and maybe learn a little.
The other thing to remember as well is the Risembool Rangers are fucking enormous when compared to other fan clubs. Like, these guys are a small town's worth of people claimed in their ranks while typically dedicated Fan Clubs for other VAs run to a few hundred to a couple of thousand at the most.
The Rialists, for example run to just 3,600 or so (with a strange, tinged hair surge of memberships recently). And boy there's nobody saying much at all about Rial's stupidity on their public page, with it in fact looking more like a wasteland of commentary on anything.
Machi's GFM seems to be struggling as well. With such a modest goal to hand you'd expect more than 44 people making donations, but nope. Nobody gives a shit about her blatant attempt at damage control and whataboutery.