You will continue to get my upvotes everytime you post this.
You will continue to get my upvotes everytime you post this.
It really is amazing how easy it is to get banned from Twitter, so long as you aren’t a neo Nazi sending harassing or threatening messages. In that case, it’s just perfectly acceptable.
Hey at least Twitter is aware of the problem.
So, this weekend was pretty quiet on the James Gunn-neo Nazi/Cernovich front.
The difference with Gunn is that he was publicly flaunting his opinions about it openly on Twitter
Disney does not get to play the “skeletons in his closet” defense here. They have given second chances to drug dealers and mentally unhinged racists, to say nothing of their own issues. Quite simply, these texts weren't a problem six years ago. That all changed when fictional outrage was drummed up and merged with…
I appreciate that, and I fully intend to keep this conversation going.
First, let me thank you for updating this everyday. I for one personally would love to have Gunn back at the helm because of how he’s taken it. He hasn’t tried to say it wasn’t me, but he admitted to it and apologized very quickly.
Loving your work, and hope it continues.
Here’s my usual daily drop of Gunn/Cernovich related news. As always, I’m sure folks on here will find something I missed, and I always appreciate anyone adding it in a comment here. If you’re in the greys, I’ll make sure to star as usual.
Nice work! For posterity, there’s also Vulture’s stance on the issue:
Let me join in and thank you for ringing this bell every single day, linking us to various perspectives and analyses, and addressing the site’s editorial silence. Thanks!
The thing that drives me crazy about this whole thing is that io9 wouldn’t have just stayed silent about something like this in the past; I likely…
Thank you for the updates on this clusterfuck. You are doing the lord’s work.
Keep fighting the good fight here.
Just wanted to say I appreciate you pulling this together. Good to see you keeping on top of this.
I don’t think these have been posted on here before, so here’s a crop of new articles covering the James Gunn-Cernovich/Neo Nazi shenanigans.