Sad! And yet so common there’s almost never a column on the topic of sexual harassment without it. Men in Hollywood are trying to do the Mike Pence lament: “We can’t harass them anymore so they shouldn’t even be in the professional rooms or have careers.” Literally trying to punish and deprive women for wanting to be…

Is it really not that clear? If the injury is so bad he can’t be trusted to manage his own impulses, then at the very least he should have somebody with him at all times. Signing a paper that promises he won’t lose control of his impulses again does jack shit.

It seems to be more of establishing a pattern of indifference from the Drafthouse more than bringing up that one specific case.

Seems like someone with such a horrible, debilitating infirmity that it would compel them to grope and/or harass staff should have someone with them in public.

She’s not asking to discriminate. She’s asking for accountability and a safe, harassment free working environment. If, as we’ve read quite clearly, the ownership values the predatory customer more than a safe employee environment, this is a big problem.

No they are not. Do not pull that. You aren’t punishing a screaming baby when you ask a parent to take them out of a concert hall. You are expecting the person responsible for managing their behavior to manage it. The Leagues are responsible for managing how their employees are treated and they did a bad job of it.

Speaking to the actions of this individual with the TBI; One certainly shouldn’t grab a woman by her arm/shoulder, forcefully whisper sexual obscenities into her ear, and consider that flirting.

No, they are shaming a person with a brain injury for sexually harassing a woman.

I can’t tell you how to flirt. I can tell you how NOT to flirt:

Imagine reading an article about sexual assault and harassment and the first thing you think to type as a comment is “how do I hit on girls without them thinking I’m a creep”. Ew.

The, “But he is disabled,” statement holds no weight. I work in a psychiatric office that specializes in traumatic brain injuries. There are rules of conduct that a patient must follow, or be discharged from their care. If the man had the proper care, he would not be devastated. There are facilities, case managers and…

I live about a mile from the location they are referencing. They’ve lost my business.

I’ve also got half a mind to do some defacing of that mural, literally - Remember the Alamo.

“But it’ll hurt the man’s feelings!”

This is the fucking dumbest part. People disrupt the experience to order food. Food runners are constantly running up and down the aisles delivering food/drinks, or just checking for orders. The whole “crouch down to not obstruct the screen” is fucking distracting. My knees hurt just being in proximity. You know…

Sorry, how are actions like “not having a painting of you in the building” discrimination?

This. Fucking. Place. Can we stop playing along with their creation myth?

That doesn’t answer my question

Keep Austin weird, but when we say weird we mean like still allowing all the patriarchal bullshit and sexual subjugation of women but with better music and maybe like a fun tie or white dude dreadlocks, I don’t know, you know what I mean.

Well, fuck Alamo Drafthouse. I’ve been a couple times in the past year, but never again.

I’m from Austin and have been going to the Drafthouse since the early days and participated in some of their video contests back in the day. I mostly thought of it as a movie theater where you could drink and have food and had cool events sometimes. Weird Wednesday could be fun, but you had to check and make sure it…