My default is that people shouldn’t be judged by random strangers on the internet over the claims of other random strangers on the internet. As random strangers to Sam, we should not want to be in judgment of him over the claims of some other random stranger. This isn’t good or normal or healthy.
Moreover, it is unlikely that we will devote the required amount of time & effort to really know what we’re talking about, which we should if we’re going to attack him or signal boost attacks. And if we are going to devote the great amount of time necessary, couldn’t we be doing something more useful or fun with our time? A lot of good video games have come out recently, for example.
It would be different if I knew Sam personally. I would ask him about it, see what he had to say, and draw a conclusion. It might be worth it to me to know the truth. But I don’t. This has the same flavor to me as being really invested in any more conventional celebrity. Like apparently there was some kerfuffle with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard a while ago. My response to that was that I genuinely could not care less. In fact, I actively did not want this bullshit taking up space in my brain. I intentionally avoided learning anything about it. And I’m glad I did. Please don’t tell me what it was about.
My default is that people shouldn’t be judged by random strangers on the internet over the claims of other random strangers on the internet. As random strangers to Sam, we should not want to be in judgment of him over the claims of some other random stranger. This isn’t good or normal or healthy.
Moreover, it is unlikely that we will devote the required amount of time & effort to really know what we’re talking about, which we should if we’re going to attack him or signal boost attacks. And if we are going to devote the great amount of time necessary, couldn’t we be doing something more useful or fun with our time? A lot of good video games have come out recently, for example.
It would be different if I knew Sam personally. I would ask him about it, see what he had to say, and draw a conclusion. It might be worth it to me to know the truth. But I don’t. This has the same flavor to me as being really invested in any more conventional celebrity. Like apparently there was some kerfuffle with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard a while ago. My response to that was that I genuinely could not care less. In fact, I actively did not want this bullshit taking up space in my brain. I intentionally avoided learning anything about it. And I’m glad I did. Please don’t tell me what it was about.