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I like that they're also banning anyone not doing a similar ban
Ditto. Specially because they're focusing on the executives of those organisations, i.e. the people with actual decision power. That's the right way to do it.
"Hold people accountable or else we will hold you accountable"
What if you're not sure all this passionate witch-hunting is a good thing? Is that allowed?
It's banning sunshine from a convention, not throwing them in prison. That's not witch hunting, that's something every convention does with problematic guests. Conventions are held by organizations and businesses - they have just as much right to kick and ban people as any other org or business. Nobody's being hurt, persecuted, or prosecuted. Your argument is invalid.
Last I checked people being associated with others who have raped, mutilated, and killed children for little more than a power grab also makes you a horrible person by association.
There are many levels of association.
For example, I might be invited to a conference. And I might decline that invitation. There now we're associated by those emails. Am I a horrible person now?
If that was an argument such people could make, they're welcome to present evidence.
However, anyone who voluntarily associated with the world's worst pedophile after his conviction has no excuse. Comparing people to the company they keep has been valid since the beginning of time.
The question was : am I a horrible person now?
They answered. If you have evidence that you declined, then no.
From the wording I'm willing to bet they did a bit more investigation than just doing a pass/fail on a Ctrl+f
They made a sweeping implied accusation two replies back, sans evidence, but now we want evidence.
Go roll in your own feces. I have zero interest.
Your constant stream of nonsensical replies says otherwise.
Says the pedophile apologist, lol.
Real mad that you got booted from DinoCon, huh?
Who is "we"?
I do strongly suspect so. That or bot.
Did you reach out to ask to be invited? Or did you receive an invite and decline it. Because we're talking about the former. We're talking about people who reached out to Epstein or his associates. They were in contact with.
So yes, that would make you a horrible person, especially after the allegations came out. And you're a horrible person for doing your absolute damndest to defend these people.
You got banned from Dinocon, didn't you.
Witches are fictional. The above is not.
Don't overheat your little 2-bit processor now
Excuse me? Witch hunts were fueled by religious superstition. People were hanged, burned, drowned for being things that don't exist in the real world, and bedding a fallen angel for magical powers. Tell me how the fuck this correlates. Aside from Epstein and Trump being the fucking Devil.
Secondary sanctions from a dino convention. Based.