In most ways, the situations aren't much different.
Ian and the others reacted similarly to Kat. They wanted to get the word out to people to be cautious with their kids. They didn't necessarily want to use Facebook for that. A fairly tight circle of friends on NH Underground DOES NOT EQUAL Facebook. The last 3 minutes of my show yesterday is me ranting about how liberty folks need to get off Facebook. BTW, I later on agreed with
Facilitator who suggests that Kat's intuition is not evidence worthy of hopping on board the pedo frenzy*. I thought I'd posted something about that, but apparently we just talked about it in person. I was clearly biased because it was Kat and I know and like her.
In fact, it was conversations (in person, not online) related to this incident in which I ultimately conceded than an accusation is practically equivalent to a conviction on this subject, which is why it's so important not to make those accusations lightly or publicly. The incident with Ethan and the ensuing drama affected how I felt about this latest incident of public accusations. Meanwhile,
Ethan was being a dick in terms of failing to respect parent's wishes and so while there was no evidence of any child abuse, he contributed to the drama to a large extent and he got himself kicked out and that much was well warranted.
So the situations are pretty similar and my views are similar, but it's quite different in that Ethan doesn't have kids who can be taken away from him by CPS just over rumors. It's also different in that MOST of the people involved in that drama knew the parties involved and were fairly close to the situation, and could get in-person accounts from the people if they wanted. If you look at my first post here, my beef is mostly with a lot of people from the peanut gallery chiming in on something they're hearing about from totally unknown parties and nothing but their textual accounts online. As Ancap Agency says, 93% of communication is non-verbal and most people interpret the tone of text based on
how they feel at the time they read it, and that's the source of most drama online.
I should have
taken my own advice though and never chimed in on this, but I've already admitted that was a mistake. In
that respect, I'll admit to being hypocritical.
* BTW, the "pedo frenzy" is simply part of the modern culture in the U.S. You don't "start" it. You just join in.
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