Its not so much the tactical blunder of the mediation attempt that I take issue with, its the disingenuous nature of even attempting such a thing in the first place. These are not two co-equal sides of a dispute to be settled with, its harpies and their sycophants destroying a man's life. And to suggest that this is resolved by the accused, with no proof against him, accept being labeled a sex addict and voluntarily ending his career while the other side gets off with nothing even approaching this all while having the official backing of companies and new outlets is remotely fair or sensible is absurd in the extreme.
I've had too many personal experiences with people like this where in they are so scared of conflict they try to hide and bury any potential cause of friction, to always appease the status quo side to prevent escalation, and play an equivalence fallacy beyond parody. Its the same with the concern trolling, like that shit stain whom Nick did the dms with, whining about how this has divided the fanbase, or the #BeThere nonsense the VAs pulled. Guess what, sometimes you need to burn everything down, sometimes people need to be bloodied, and not allowed to continue to be in established positions of power to exert their personal ideologies and vendettas over a community. And allowing this to continue in order to keep the peace, to pretend the people you thought were your friends are not monsters, and stay neutral is cowardly.
Maybe I'm being too harsh, but the times where two sides are genuinely equal almost never happen, and burying your head in the sand and trying to make it all go away with this kind of politicing is an insult.
(Edit; I do agree with the idea that he was working from a pre-#MeToo mindset in his thinking.)
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