> "don't keep protecting harassers" it's not just people protecting bad behavior, omerta within a social circle is often a failure of the state/society to safe

> "don't keep protecting harassers" it's not just people protecting bad behavior, omerta within a social circle is often a failure of the state/society to safely protect people in the circle from being outed when they speak up while the problematic person gets away scot-free. you need to reach a critical cultural mass before people are confident in speaking up, because the fear of retaliation is often the motivation before the need to protect the circle, see i.e. the harvey weinstein case. > If this doesn't sound familiar from tech, you haven't been paying attention. this is an overly broad generalization, there's plenty of techies outside the big flashy companies built on top of the silicon valley hero cult pattern.