Comment by ghusbands

3 years ago

Hate mail is fairly typical in these circumstances. So is people asking for evidence. The possible next stages are also predictable:

1. They don't post it, and get accused of lying.

2. They post one of the tamer examples, and get accused of overreacting to nothing.

3. They post a median example, and get told that people reacting with vigour is normal and it's not about them.

4. They post a very strong example, hurting some readers and get responses claiming that you clearly can't take threats at face value.

5. They get accused of making it up, anyway.

6. They don't include personal details, so you can't do anything, anyway.

7. They include personal details and get accused of doxxing or making it personal.

There's just no good outcome from your request.

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delian66  3 years ago

Yes, there is a good possible outcome - they post it, we see it, and then, if possible, we take corrective actions.

Especially after writing "people will assume that being an asshole is a representative sample of those groups. It is not, but logic is not this species' strong suit."

=> xena does acknowledge, that most people will assume that the whole V community is hateful, and even then, used terms like "V cult" and "hatemail".

Accusing an entire community of people of hate, for the actions of a single one, is not nice at all, especially, when it is done without evidence, with just vague descriptions.

Have you considered, that in all these, it may be the V developers, that are in the minority???