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Great. You've named some awards people didn't lose after being horrible people. Did anyone say that wouldn't be the case? But did you think that people can't provide examples of people losing their awards after being horrible? Because you've kinda painted yourself into a corner here, logically...

In your opinion.

Yeah. Because that's what a man known for rallying people into boycots (among other things) to make a social statement meant. I mean, I'm hoping you were trying to do something here and that this isn't what you actually think MLK meant, but either way ...

What I understand is the fact that the leap to "NOT BUYING A RAPIST'S BOOKS AND TAKING AWAY HIS AWARD IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE TO LYNCH MOBS" is all sorts of a :):):):)ed up position to take. At this point, I'm beginning to question whether you are actually a real person or an AI chatbot programmed...

For some people it is, no doubt, but you can't see beyond that because your empathy gas tank is empty so your car doesn't drive very far on the humanity highway. Yes. Taking away his award and not buying from him is EXACTLY the modern equivalent of beating him to hell. EXACTLY. (Because...

There's a difference between "I've spent more attention today on this rapist in the gaming community today because that's what's coursing through my many gaming related social feeds but not enough time focusing on this massacre on the otherside of the world" and some guy who actually jumped into...

I need a t-shirt that says "I went to university for 4 years to get an English degree so I could point out to Internet trolls what an analogy is and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"

Yeah, it's almost like certain men don't internalize the fact that abusing women should just be considered universally wrong regardless of politics, but instead attribute it to something "they" do. I believe there are words for guys like that.

Unless you're adult and empathetic enough to realize that by showing people that a specific type of behaviour isn't welcome within a community, at all levels (including something incredibly public, like say ... an award) that you're doing something so that those people who have been victims...

Congratulations. Your quote proves kenmarable understands how analogies are supposed to work.

And many jurisdictions within which courts operate have laws about people being able to make money from books and the like while they are behind bars. But not buying anything from him isn't about punishing him. It's about condemning what he's done to others and not wanting to put money in his...

Where, exactly, is the politics?

Actually, I think the English language has a word for this sort of thing ... you know, when you propose a hypothetical situation as a position of comparison to clarify a point. I believe it's called an "analogy." *snort* Why do you hate the English language so?

Thanks for clearing that up using the same rudimentary, naive logic I use on my 5 year old to teach him the absolute basics of ethics as a starting point for dealing with life. As an adult, you probably should have advanced beyond that a tad.

There's a certain type of man who hears the sort of thing Zak has been accused of, from multiple women, and says something like this.

Apparrently it's got a lot to do with how much it personally imapcts him.

OH NO! You'll flag a post that takes your logic and actually applies it to the situation at hand! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! How magnanimous of you. Why am I not surprised that you consider mutliple accusations of sexual abuse, from numerous people, over...

Nope. Not at all. Not remotely. Because the party that Jester David is talking about is the party responsible for handing out the award in the first place, not you, I, or anyone else. What they say (or don't say) has a very specific, relevant context. And any reasonable person would not have...

I wasn't putting words in your mouth. I was taking your statement regarding standards people should be held to and extending it's logic into the point at hand. Funny how the scenario was appropriate to both parties, no?

When the "leverage about my personal life" is along the lines of "hmmmmm, did I or didn't I sexually assault anyone?", I don't really see the problem with that sort of person filtering themselves out of the mix.