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Even for as creepy as Kevin Spacey is/was, all accounts of his cancelling are tossed out in court for lack of evidence, or pending his own lawsuits against thes

Even for as creepy as Kevin Spacey is/was, all accounts of his cancelling are tossed out in court for lack of evidence, or pending his own lawsuits against these people. Netflix really did him dirty throwing him under the bus like they did as have many companies/schools/organizations simply on hearsay alone. It reminds me a lot of the movie Jagten with Mads Mickelson. A whole community despises you and vehemently wants nothing to do with you all based on rumor and speculation. Without even a legitimate means to protect yourself.

judofyr 5y ago
> Netflix really did him dirty throwing him under the bus like they did as have many companies/schools/organizations simply on hearsay alone. Ehm... https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/02/media/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-harassment/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/02/media/house-of-cards-kevin-.... There were eight people working on the "House of Cards" who alleged/confirmed he was predatory. There is of course still a chance that it's one big witch hunt, but this is definitely not a case of 100 Twitter random users making a lot of noise.
- TX0098812 5y ago
  ...according to someone.
  - muglug 5y ago
    According to a good friend of mine who witnessed it first-hand.
    - TX0098812 5y ago
      You missed the point. While the entire thread talk about how people can easily accuse others on the internet without evidence, someone posts a link containing accusations and we're supposed to automatically assume it's true. But hey, now some guy on hacker news says his friend witnessed it...
      - muglug 5y ago
        Sure, I will ask my friend if he wants to write a sworn affidavit and have it notarised. But until then you're just going to have to trust that there are hundreds of people who witnessed Spacey's behaviour.
        judofyr 5y ago
        > But until then you're just going to have to trust that there are hundreds of people who witnessed Spacey's behaviour. Or you can go to Wikipedia to find a list of accusations (sourced with articles written by journalists) and evaluate whether you find the claims credible based on the journalists/newspapers/people/accusations involved. I think it's perfectly okay to claim that all of these people involved are lying and it's just a big conspiracy, but at least provide some arguments to this specific case instead of vague "oh, but can we actually trust words on the internet???".
        MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
        I can do that too for having a mushroom induced trip about being abducted by aliens. Still doesn't make it true and I left out the part that I was tripping on mushrooms but forgot.
Nux 5y ago
That's a very powerful film, everyone should watch it. English title is "The hunt".
- rzanella 5y ago
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/

judofyr 5y ago

> Netflix really did him dirty throwing him under the bus like they did as have many companies/schools/organizations simply on hearsay alone. Ehm... https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/02/media/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-harassment/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/02/media/house-of-cards-kevin-.... There were eight people working on the "House of Cards" who alleged/confirmed he was predatory. There is of course still a chance that it's one big witch hunt, but this is definitely not a case of 100 Twitter random users making a lot of noise.

TX0098812 5y ago
...according to someone.
- muglug 5y ago
  According to a good friend of mine who witnessed it first-hand.
  - TX0098812 5y ago
    You missed the point. While the entire thread talk about how people can easily accuse others on the internet without evidence, someone posts a link containing accusations and we're supposed to automatically assume it's true. But hey, now some guy on hacker news says his friend witnessed it...
    - muglug 5y ago
      Sure, I will ask my friend if he wants to write a sworn affidavit and have it notarised. But until then you're just going to have to trust that there are hundreds of people who witnessed Spacey's behaviour.
      - judofyr 5y ago
        > But until then you're just going to have to trust that there are hundreds of people who witnessed Spacey's behaviour. Or you can go to Wikipedia to find a list of accusations (sourced with articles written by journalists) and evaluate whether you find the claims credible based on the journalists/newspapers/people/accusations involved. I think it's perfectly okay to claim that all of these people involved are lying and it's just a big conspiracy, but at least provide some arguments to this specific case instead of vague "oh, but can we actually trust words on the internet???".
      - MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
        I can do that too for having a mushroom induced trip about being abducted by aliens. Still doesn't make it true and I left out the part that I was tripping on mushrooms but forgot.

Nux 5y ago

That's a very powerful film, everyone should watch it. English title is "The hunt".

rzanella 5y ago
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/