Maybe not the way you say it, and not necessarily in the same instance, but yes.

Only tangentially, and that’s the problem.

I understand where you’re coming from...the argument I’ve made elsewhere is that the focus should be on the cops/judges who have created an environment that deters victims from coming forward. Some nobody from a show no one remembers (but will probably get a reboot soon) parading out there deters focus from the real…

Also, it has to be pretty horrifying working in that business as a kid to begin with...as I’ve said elsewhere in this thread, I’ve worked on some high-end sets in my life, and that shit is intimidating no matter what. That kind of violation, by someone you’re supposed to be able to trust, is gonna leave a mark. I…

I totally agree with you, and (as I’ve said in other posts in this thread) it was foolish of me to try to narrow the focus to one particular aspect of the story. The age difference is truly important. Even if we were to be as charitable as possible and look at it as Baio was trying to be a ‘fun uncle’ (barf) type…

While I wasn’t at work (I was at school) it’s happened to me, right around that age. I haven’t had a press conference about it, and I don’t care if the perpetrator apologizes or not. I’m an adult and have moved on.

Never said it was.

I don’t think you got my point. I stated, more than once, that the failure of the legal system in dealing with these issues is the core issue. Women have, for centuries been wronged by the system that exists (we can take this way back, like millennia back, but the most obvious example is the Salem Witch Trials, in…

Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. You can clearly discern from what I said that I hate and am fully against anyone who isn’t straight and cisgender.

I agree with you in whole. My initial comments were intended to be confined to the “faggot” part — I have very simple thoughts about the other stuff (it’s terrible and wrong) and, as I said, didn’t intend to deal with Eggert’s accusations.

“If you actually care, I’ve been in conversation about this and you can see my comments in that regard should you deign to look up my comment history”

Sure it does; never said it didn’t. Never said any of this behaviour is acceptable.

If you actually care, I’ve been in conversation about this and you can see my comments in that regard should you deign to look up my comment history. I don’t imagine you will, so TL;DR: Baio sucks but this guy should be giving more emphasis to Eggert, and holding a press conference about being sad over something that…

Another fair point — I’ve been speaking in generalities versus the specifics about the situation, even though I’ve ventured into the situation itself. While I’m of the ‘sticks and stones’ school of thought, if these claims are true, Baio absolutely took it to a level above name-calling and deserves punishment…

I suppose I should have been more clear — the age difference is certainly a factor, and I didn’t mean to suggest it’s not. And there is certainly an added element of abuse that comes into play when an older person taunts a younger person.

I see where you’re coming from there, but as far as the article goes, Polinsky’s corroboration seems to be secondary. If Eggert’s claims are true (and there’s no reason to believe they are or aren’t — this is a he said/she said situation), they should be the focus, not someone feeling bad because a man who should…

Again, I’m not excusing the behaviour by any stretch. I’m not saying Baio was justified or right by being the asshole he seems to have been — I feel very much the opposite. I’m saying that, especially at that time, it wasn’t unusual for even grown men to taunt each other using words like “faggot” and that having a…

Fair.

Calling someone a homophobic slur kind of is just “boys being boys” though — I’m not excusing the behaviour, guys are shitheads a lot of the time, but this kind of thing is hardly worth holding a press conference over. Keep in mind that, at the time, this sort of language was vastly more common and acceptable than it…

That’s awfully optimistic of you to think we’re gonna see 2021!