• flossdaily@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Weren’t all charges against him dropped?

    I’m all for rooting out the predators I’m our society, but what are we doing when we take a franchise away from it’s creator based on accusations that don’t even have enough weight to warrant a trial?

    A core tenant of our justice system is “innocent until proven guilty”. Was there even an internal company investigation that justifies punishing him?

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      1 year ago

      Is it only possible to fire a toxic asshole because he committed crimes?

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        1 year ago

        This exactly. Just because the charges dismissed against somebody doesn’t mean the internal investigations didn’t make it clear they’d be better off without his influence, and it also doesn’t mean the person is innocent of being deeply toxic and likely to run into issues again, it just means a prosecutor wasn’t willing to risk anything other than a clear win as so often happens with these types of cases.

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              1 year ago

              I found it. It’s right here! The first instance of anyone changing their mind in a debate on the internet!

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                1 year ago

                I’ve actually seen that a few times here on lemmy. Plus I saw someone discuss some of their more conservative opinions on a respectful way and they weren’t downvoted or attacked. I mostly disagreed with what they said but it was nice to see actual discourse.

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            1 year ago

            I mean, not the greatest thing ever but I’m not sure they are as bad as everyone makes them out to be? He is just saying outlandish shit… I mean the characters on the show have the same humor so I’m not sure what anyone expected.

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          1 year ago

          That’s what I was wondering. I wonder if there’s any actual evidence of anything occurring, or if it’s more of a case that it would be dramatically cheaper to replace him.

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              1 year ago

              All I could find were places talking about them, not the actual messages themselves. Was it clear that he knew they were underage before he started hitting on them?

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      1 year ago

      Weren’t all charges against him dropped?

      Yes, but there was also a ton of leaked texts of him speaking inappropriately with underage girls and it also surfaced past instances of him defending pedophilia on podcasts.

      He’s a liability to the IP and the people that work for it.

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      1 year ago

      Insane how people still think the American judicial system is still functioning for more than just those with money