I was pretty disappointed with the calibre of the discussion on that post, given that James's LJ usually attracts all sorts of thoughtful and interesting discussion. That particular set of comments demonstrates quite clearly to me exactly why anti-harassment policies (both for sexual harassment and the general-purpose sort) are needed at cons.
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not the whole community that's feeling threatend by this sort of thing, just the entitlement-queen assholes who feel that their god-given right to grope or insult anyone they want to might be at risk. And being entitlement-queen assholes, they're loud and obnoxious about it. But they're not the whole community, just a noxious subset of it. And if they get pissed off and go away, well, doesn't that count as a win? ;-)
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I was pretty disappointed with the calibre of the discussion on that post, given that James's LJ usually attracts all sorts of thoughtful and interesting discussion. That particular set of comments demonstrates quite clearly to me exactly why anti-harassment policies (both for sexual harassment and the general-purpose sort) are needed at cons.
It's worth bearing in mind that it's not the whole community that's feeling threatend by this sort of thing, just the entitlement-queen assholes who feel that their god-given right to grope or insult anyone they want to might be at risk. And being entitlement-queen assholes, they're loud and obnoxious about it. But they're not the whole community, just a noxious subset of it. And if they get pissed off and go away, well, doesn't that count as a win? ;-)