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What was in the email? I didn't see it posted and the short quotes she wrote didn't really have anything in them. I mean, inappropriate, possibly, but not on it

What was in the email? I didn't see it posted and the short quotes she wrote didn't really have anything in them. I mean, inappropriate, possibly, but not on its own evidence of malice or predation. People say dumb shit all the time, in person, over email, on the phone, etc. We know he said something he shouldn't have, but we don't know exactly what, his motives or whether it was just a "dumb shit" mistake, and I don't see enough evidence here in either direction. Maybe he's a predator, but without seeing the content of the email, I don't know whether sending it to a 17 year old is evidence of that.

dkersten 5y ago
After spending the last day watching my two comments here bounce between positive and negative karma, without a single reply, I have to ask the people that silently downvoted: Do you have information I don't? Have you seen the email? It seems my statement was rather divisive: plenty of people disagreed or disliked it enough to downvote, yet enough people agreed to balance it out again. But nobody replied. Nobody corrected my logic or gave a counter argument. Just to be clear: I'm not saying that the guy is innocent, I'm saying I don't know if he's innocent or guilty and that the information we have isn't enough to know. I don't care either way, I don't know any of the people involved, I have no skin in the game. But I despise lynch mobs where people try to ruin someones life based purely on an allegation, without any evidence. The burden of proof is on the accuser to prove that their allegations are true. This post didn't do that, it only showed that further investigation is required, it did not prove guilt. The email does not prove guilt or wrongdoing, just lack of judgement, which pretty much everyone is guilty of at one point or another. But these lynch mobs are dangerous, people have had and do have their lives ruined over an outrage mob, based on completely false, misinterpreted or blown out of proportion accusations. Until we know with absolute certainty that this isn't the case, we shouldn't try to destroy others' lives.

dkersten 5y ago

After spending the last day watching my two comments here bounce between positive and negative karma, without a single reply, I have to ask the people that silently downvoted: Do you have information I don't? Have you seen the email? It seems my statement was rather divisive: plenty of people disagreed or disliked it enough to downvote, yet enough people agreed to balance it out again. But nobody replied. Nobody corrected my logic or gave a counter argument. Just to be clear: I'm not saying that the guy is innocent, I'm saying I don't know if he's innocent or guilty and that the information we have isn't enough to know. I don't care either way, I don't know any of the people involved, I have no skin in the game. But I despise lynch mobs where people try to ruin someones life based purely on an allegation, without any evidence. The burden of proof is on the accuser to prove that their allegations are true. This post didn't do that, it only showed that further investigation is required, it did not prove guilt. The email does not prove guilt or wrongdoing, just lack of judgement, which pretty much everyone is guilty of at one point or another. But these lynch mobs are dangerous, people have had and do have their lives ruined over an outrage mob, based on completely false, misinterpreted or blown out of proportion accusations. Until we know with absolute certainty that this isn't the case, we shouldn't try to destroy others' lives.