Well, he’s disappeared off the face of Jezebel, so that’s a change. Just not really the one people are hoping for. I will be very curious to see if BCO is posted as normal tomorrow, because if it is there will either be a shit storm or he’s going to spend the rest of his life dismissing comments.

But you’d be remiss not to acknowledge that not everyone is as egalitarian as you. There is such a thing as acceptable levels of public affection. Having engaged in them with both men and women, I can honestly report that my same sex displays are responded to in starkly different ways. If it’s not outright homophobic…

All the “I really don’t feel so great voting for her BUT...” comments make me ill.

Best of luck to her, but the logo sucks.

John Oliver, my hopes rest on you.

How are we going to handle this without Jon Stewart? I am alone and afraid.

That having non-white teachers in schools is beneficial is pretty much accepted. The source article even leads with an example of why that’s so. The reference to inconclusive research is the affect on test stores. However, as the next paragraph touches on, there are a host of reasons outside of academic performance…

Many minorities would like to be teachers but don’t have the economic means to do so. Equally, many women would like to be engineers but face discrimination that prevents them from doing so. Discrimination and socioeconomic factors play a bigger role in the racial make up of professions than the interest of…

There are a whole lot of jobs that pay a whole lot less than teaching. Not a bad option for people looking to climb out of poverty. My parents taught their way up and out.

Just dropping by to mention that minority teachers are important not only because they provide their students with a role model but because they understand the discrimination and racism that their students face and are less likely to dismiss student’s struggles with race issues.

I mean you could pretty much insert any profession other than teaching and there will be racial disparity.

Absolutely. The move to professional is fraught with dangers. Some like Rebecca Rose do fine. I think some writers-from-comment-ranks love the anonymity of being a funny name and saying what you like. Don’t we all? But it has to be left behind when moving to staff because that engagement means some level of…

If it has been addressed then this so-called “mob” wouldn’t have occurred in the first place. This is what happens when people point out problematic behavior and your reaction is to ignore the complaints.

I agree that comparisons to Schwyzer are unfair. As for the commenter turned author bit, I’m sure you’re right that’s a big part of the leeway as well. Small town boy (ie commenter) making the big time and all that.

but way to get me to not support any of this shit or take it seriously even though I was pretty 100% on your side, by ironically acting like him and bullying my innocuous comment for no reason.

So because nothing has happened in the past with dealing with problematic authors, fuck it? And a lot of people didn’t forget about Hugo or Doug, which is why this is being brought to attention. Neither one of them writes for Jezebel anymore (and from my understanding, Hugo built himself up as reformed from his past…

Just for the record, those screen shots were passed around from many people when this came out. There was a lot of “I thought I was the only one” going on and people had links bookmarked from long ago of exchanges that had stuck with them. It wasn’t one person with way too much time on their hands.

The livejournal was linked to his kinja username. Someone was googling him trying to pull up an old comment thread and stumbled on it. They were, understandably, disturbed. The tumblr is linked to the email that he posts on every BCO. So uncovering one led to looking into if there was anything else upsetting out…

Yes because why should someone who’s being racist, classist, sexist and harrassing people be held account for his words and actions? As long as he’s making us laugh he can do what he wants!