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Erin E.'s avatar

This is the worst kind of guilt by association. There’s a difference between association via friendship and socializing, and association via employment. It’s not good that it was that easy to get Castro to resign but that hard to get rid of the actual predator.

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For your situation, I really think unions are the only hope. Obviously, I'd prefer a world where you could complain and get him fired. However, I don't think we can fire anyone with a complaint. I don't want to engage in some incel conspiracy to the effect of "women make all this shit up," but I absolutely think there are men and women who would make exaggerate or mislead to move up in their careers.

As for the immigration comment, I don't know man. This seems like an unintended consequence of the great awokening. Ten years ago, I could have said "bigotry? yeah, fire that asshole." But today? Math is white supremacy. I just think the grounds are so diluted that I just don't trust anyone to make good decisions based on accusations of bigotry.

In the case of Castro, I think organizations need to stop bowing to public opinion or a vocal minority within their ranks. Our liberal institutions need to start saying "fuck off."

...but then there's also another point that makes this tough. I remember listening to an interview with a Smash Bros player/Youtuber who was accused of dating a 14 year old girl. Months after leaving Youtube, he said he was offered a job, but they rescinded it after finding his history. I don't know if the accusations are true. Even if they are though... like, pedophiles need jobs too, you know?

I have a lot of mixed feelings on this subject.

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