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Author Topic: Looks like the Purple Place found another windmill to charge at.  (Read 10402 times)

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« Reply #240 on: November 10, 2017, 06:41:48 PM »
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She hung out here for a bit too, don't forget.

I haven't. She got along pretty well, then there was some shit with Exalted behind the scenes and then she stopped posting here, became a mod and referred to us as scum.

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« Reply #241 on: November 10, 2017, 07:08:42 PM »
Wait, Holden got banned from RPG.net?

YES! Another one bites the dust!

It really must be now the Kingdom Comin' and the Year of Jubilo!

Who's willing to bet how long it takes until David Hill and Darren MacLerran get the banhammer next?
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« Reply #242 on: November 10, 2017, 07:11:35 PM »
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I'm (perhaps morbidly) curious how far the social pendulum will swing this regard. And what the push back will be. Will the US develop something like Japan's Herbivore Men or will more men in power take up positions like Mike Pence and not meet with women under their influence alone (in spite of the contempt shown for that notion)? Or will things even out and 'sentiments' come to reality?

I also wonder that as more women gain similar positions will we see more of them abusing power, if so will it be in the same manner and will their be as much out cry? It'll be interesting to see or is some innate aspect of male and/or female psychology coming into play? Some Women have certainly abused power (I remember reading about females that were accused of sexual harassment, but I can't recall any details so it may just be conflations but there have been female pedophiles) and many men do not.



I've have personal knowledge of 4 alleged harassment situations over my working life, one was a female supervisor who harassed everybody including her supervisors, one a male supervisor who was harassing a female employee. Both of these were non-sexual, essentially bullying.

Two were male on male sexual harassment incidents, mostly consisting of repeated suggestive comments up to aggressive come ons. One did ultimately include the showing of his genitals. I'll give you one guess as to which went anywhere... It wasn't the guy who whipped out his junk.  

I suspect women in power are covered up just as well as the men. While the reasons may differ men have just as much reason to keep quiet as women do. As you mention until fairly recently there was a big double standard in the reaction to under age sexual encounters with an older male being a predator, and a younger male being a lucky dude.    


I find the Black Hat Matt situation interesting. In theory perhaps behind the scenes there was more evidence presented, but considering the way they handle other issues I rather doubt it.

At least on a surface level an anonymous and brand new poster made a serious allegation against a mod, and the whole board began wetting itself over showing how sensitive they are. Maybe what was alleged happened in which case fuck him, but there is also a part of me that wonders how hard would it be for somebody with a grudge to get just enough info to concoct a plausible story, make a sock puppet account and exact vengeance on a poster or mod they don't like. Kind of a scary thought, particularly for someone that has a public identity.

To be honest there was a poster over there known to many here (now banned) that I avoided as much as possible as I had a fear that (she)* seemed unstable and might try and take things off board. I've never before or since had that fear of a poster on any website I've been on over the years.

* I was never convinced that the individual was what she said she was, I actually suspected she might be a sock puppet of one of the mods who used the account to troll other posters.
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« Reply #243 on: November 10, 2017, 07:14:22 PM »
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Wait, Holden got banned from RPG.net?

YES! Another one bites the dust!

It really must be now the Kingdom Comin' and the Year of Jubilo!

  Don't get too excited--it was a one-day ban.

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« Reply #244 on: November 10, 2017, 07:17:13 PM »
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Wait, Holden got banned from RPG.net?

For a day.

Edit: Armchair Ninja'd!
« Last Edit: November 10, 2017, 07:22:49 PM by Nexus »
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« Reply #245 on: November 10, 2017, 10:14:40 PM »
Alright, which of you had money on Lewis CK to outed in Hollywood? Cause you need to buy lotto tickets.

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« Reply #246 on: November 10, 2017, 10:45:28 PM »
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I've have personal knowledge of 4 alleged harassment situations over my working life, one was a female supervisor who harassed everybody including her supervisors, one a male supervisor who was harassing a female employee. Both of these were non-sexual, essentially bullying.

Two were male on male sexual harassment incidents, mostly consisting of repeated suggestive comments up to aggressive come ons. One did ultimately include the showing of his genitals. I'll give you one guess as to which went anywhere... It wasn't the guy who whipped out his junk.  

I suspect women in power are covered up just as well as the men. While the reasons may differ men have just as much reason to keep quiet as women do. As you mention until fairly recently there was a big double standard in the reaction to under age sexual encounters with an older male being a predator, and a younger male being a lucky dude.    .

Ever wonder if part of the reason there appear to be so few cases of women instigating sexual harassment and similar misconduct may due in part to the idea that some researcher suspect there are fewer cases of female serial killers particularly sex/thrill killers. It seems to alien to the idea of feminine behavior that almost no one looks for it or recognizes/believes it when they see it?
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« Reply #247 on: November 10, 2017, 11:12:31 PM »
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Alright, which of you had money on Lewis CK to outed in Hollywood? Cause you need to buy lotto tickets.

I wish I'd put money on George Takei.
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« Reply #248 on: November 10, 2017, 11:36:44 PM »
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Ever wonder if part of the reason there appear to be so few cases of women instigating sexual harassment and similar misconduct may due in part to the idea that some researcher suspect there are fewer cases of female serial killers particularly sex/thrill killers. It seems to alien to the idea of feminine behavior that almost no one looks for it or recognizes/believes it when they see it?

I think there is certainly some degree of not seeing what one isn't looking for, and part of it, at least in my experience, management is often terrified of dealing with non straight white male harassers out of fear they will be seen as discriminating. Not like they do the best job with a clear cut case of white man harassing white woman, they just handle the other situations even worse.

There is also the issue of victims not coming forward regardless of race or gender.

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« Reply #249 on: November 10, 2017, 11:43:24 PM »
OK, I think this has run its course too.
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