Can someone explain to me what happened now????!!
If you're referring to asking about Gaiman, there was a podcast entitled "Master" which basically claimed that Gaiman is a sadist who uses BDSM as a cover to engage in NXIVM-like behavior, in "master-slave relationships," and that he was rough, engaged in sex without consent, and just simply brutalized people. A week ago, there was an article in
New York magazine that has been claimed as corroboration, fleshing out the allegations further, accusing Gaiman's wife of being a Ghislaine-like figure. Gaiman was accused of savagely raping someone when she had a UTI, and so forth.
Notably, the podcast came out from Tortoise Media, which is affiliated with TERF ideology, and Gaiman was a vocal critic of J.K. Rowling's crusade against trans people; these people also engage in kinkshaming and act like anything that isn't vanilla sex is automatically wrong, much the same as was used in the false allegations against Armie Hammer and Marilyn Manson. Let's also not forget that Gaiman is a former Scientologist, and while he left quietly, David Miscavige clearly fears anyone will turn and become a vocal critic. Remember the manufactured rape smear against director and former Scientologist Paul Haggis, who also famously left the church because he disagreed with their stances on gay people?
Gaiman was dropped by Dark Horse Comics and some adaptations of his work are now paused. He is now being called the next Jimmy Savile, the next Jared Fogle, and in some quarters, the next Michael. But Gaiman has always been a vocal progressive ally, advocating for victims of sexual violence, working in organizations like RAINN, continually evolving and growing with regards to diversity and representation in his works and accepting of fan feedback. In short, for him to be truly as monstrous as Savile and Jared, Gaiman would have to be a Method actor more obsessive than Heath Ledger, to the point of embodying that mask 24/7, and then, without warning, suddenly dropping it out of a clear blue sky. And given how we know Michael was someone who was the absolute personification of goodness, compassion, generosity and sincerity but was then villainized into something truly monstrous, well, it doesn't take long to get the point.
For too long, we have essentially been living in
The Crucible, where allegations equal truth and no one gets a chance to defend themselves Al Franken was deprived of his chance to defend himself in a Senate ethics hearing, and it had ramifications that billowed outward. Taking down the likes of Garrison Keillor, James Franco, Aziz Ansari, Johnny Depp, Hammer, Shia LaBeouf, Manson, Twiggy Ramirez, David Ellefson, John Lasseter, Joss Whedon, Jonathan Majors, Steven Tyler, Nick Carter, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Jimmy Iovine, Axl Rose, Don Henley and now Gaiman. And even cases without sexual misconduct have been distorted out of proportion, trying to just merely chip away at their hard-earned reputations. People like Ellen, Drew Barrymore, Lizzo, Tara Strong and so forth have been victimized. Hell, even Dave Grohl is being attacked and dragged under simply because he admitted to having a love child. As if that erases his legacy of charity, good works and all around niceness! It's still Dave!
For too long, we've lived in this world. But until the likes of Jay-Z and Justin Baldoni, no one was willing to step up to the plate and play John Proctor. Nor even to play Reverend Hale. They were too busy playing Thomas Putnam or Danforth or Hathorne or Tituba or, God forbid, Abigail Williams. People are supposed to lay down and die, apologize for things that didn't happen, cede to lies and call them truth, and just disappear. You couldn't fight for your good name because, "If they really were so nice as they claimed, they wouldn't fight back and revictimize the accusers. They wouldn't deflect reponsibility." In other words, if you're accused of murder you didn't commit and have the evidence to prove it, don't say anything. In fact, go and plead guilty. As a matter of fact, strap yourself into the gurney and volunteer for the lethal injection.
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