I did, twice. I know what I said and I understand tort law. But I am not debating it with you for two reasons.
First, you are not here in good faith so it is a waste of time. You dismiss an entire forum and community of people who are sons and fathers to women they would put their life on the line for…all in the name of gender identity and politics. You are a pathetic troll whose life is so empty you are left with being a canker around here.
It is funny that you said you read it, but you made claims that were not made by Dot. I'm going to lightly touch on this.
You said, specifically:
changed room arrangements or anything.
That is at odds with what Dot said had happened, when she specifically said that they gave her a different room to sleep in, once they were made aware, they fixed it.
Now, as far as their culpability, you're right, we cannot discuss that as I am not a lawyer, I can't tell you.
But I will tell you, for claiming that I am a troll and dismissing your claims, I am not. I would dismiss your claims by walking away. If I was trolling, I would be making a bigger attempt to be funny, and I certainly wouldn't be editing my knee-jerk snarky responses out. Trolls are SPECIFICALLY out for the snark.
As for sincerity, yes, I do believe that trans women are not statistically more likely than others to be attackers, but it's kind of irrelevant at this point. I could give a number of stats and try and make that argument, but I haven't and won't try. (And if it seems like I have, I apologize. I know better, it's not going to convince anyone so... I'll try and avoid it.)
I am also not claiming that folks here wouldn't defend a woman who was attacked. So, I'd ask you to extend me that courtesy. I've made it a point to say several times that Dot was attacked, Daisy was the attacker, that Daisy needs to apologize, seek treatment for substance abuse, and make amends to her victims... Somehow.
Dot and the other victims know best what outcome they want, and just as we can accept BJ Hensley and Frog God coming to an agreement privately, I personally can accept that perhaps Dot and others will come to some agreement with Gencon and Daisy. Given that Dot thanked GenCon for how they handled the situation, I suspect she's pleased with at least THAT part of the outcome. It'll remain to see what happens to Daisy. (and as you saw, I agreed with another poster, lets check back in a number of months and see if it gets quietly forgotten, just as some past cis-male abusers have ducked out for a few months and then returned as if nothing had ever happened.)
But, it's only been days. We will need to wait and see.
(though, as an aside, there's this "broken step" analogy. Even when a community is aware of a person who is an issue, and even when they inform newcomers about it, it's like a broken step in a staircase into the dark basement. By not just taking care of the problem, it's just making a future problem an inevitability. So it's not just about the victims having amends made to them, it's also about protecting the community from known attackers.)
And I did make a point to say that if this is such a hot topic for the community, I'll be looking for folks to speak up when it happens again in the more statistically likely situations where its a cismale as the attacker. Sincerely, if this community makes a point to make sure that attackers face consequences, then that's only a good thing.
I do know I am responsible for my own community and making sure that it's safe for everyone. I know it's a difficult position. I hate that part of the role because no matter what, you're being called into a bad situation and it sucks. So I actually have a huge amount of sympathy for those individuals who make mistakes in this. I know I've made mistakes when trying to deal with it. (one where my co-chair and I disagreed about the severity of a physical threat, and I trust his judgement, so we went with his call on that... it's possible for two well-meaning people to disagree, and obviously it's possible for a person to accept that another person's viewpoint might have more merit in the end.)
So I am here to say, if this is a legit possibility that a number of folks will actually be speaking up about the safety of women in shared spaces in our community, then excellent. With all sincerity, that is the best outcome I could hope for. But if this is just a case for folks to preach to their own choirs about their opinions about trans women, perhaps leave Dot out of it, because I am sure that she isn't interested in being the poster child for that cause.
Second, you’re already walking the green mile. Pundit specifically said this was not a thread to discuss sexual assault hypocrisy and you had done so several times. I generally find him a man of his word so I’m not sure you’ll be around. Regardless, reason one is enough.
I am not "walking the green mile" and have stayed in the bounds of the topic as stated by man himself:
Only warning: stay within the topic; this is about misconduct at Gencon, or within the gaming hobby. Not a general thread about leftist sexual assault hypocrisy, or anything else.
I am discussing misconduct at GenCon, as well as within the gaming hobby. I am not discussing gaming in general, sexual misconduct in general, or leftist sexual assault hypocrisy.
But, once again, just saying "If this is a genuine interest in ensuring the safety of women" then fine, that's excellent. But without asking Dot directly, and given what she has said in the past, I don't think she's interested in helping you advocate for trans-exclusionary spaces.