Some German news reporter who got accused of sexual misconduct who immediately lost his job and reputation. Later in court it was proven that the accusation were false, but it was an uphill battle with even the judge only very reluctantly declaring him innocent.
Might have done. We also don’t know if what effects if any Mearls’ actions may have had on Smith’s victims. That’s kind of the point: we don’t know. We’re all just individuals witnessing an interpersonal conflict. We have no obligation to behave as if it’s anything more than that.
Yes, ans was their right. Ans I imagine WotC took them into account when they decided to move Mearls to a less public position, as was their right.
The nature of private business, I’m afraid.
That sounds like it was a bad move on his employer’s part. But last I checked, this guy isn’t Mike Mearls, and what his employer did has no bearing on whether or not people should believe Olivia Hill’s claims that Mike Mearls passed personally identifying information about her to Zak Smith.
Seems pretty off-topic to me.
I don’t disagree with any of that.
And again I ask, who in the situation we are actually discussing in this thread lost their job?
The third option is to not generate strong stances when you don't have the whole truth. Otherwise, all you're doing is taking a side based on personal prejudices. And the risk of doing that is that innocent people get hurt. Have a strong moral compass, yes. Be wary about applying that compass to situations you only partially understand though.
