Kurt Metzger updated his status.
Wow! Well tonight on Race Wars we'll get into it. Let me once again clarify my rantings, since my punishment the mob is howling for is now officially more severe than the one for the actual rapist.
None of my venom is for any victims of anything. I wouldn't blame a victim for ANYTHING. Hell if you are FRIENDS with a victim I don't blame you for spreading around that this guy is a rapist.
I was talking to the perennial social media mob who, without knowing victim or accused, GLEEFULLY want to be part of social mob justice. Some of whom are my friends. And I apologize for using the term "lynch mob." Lynch mobs sometimes actually hang a rapist. This one merely got a rapist banned from a monthly UCB show and then patted themselves on the head. I am always on the side of the VICTIMS, and I felt that this does them a great disservice.
I admit to deliberately being as inflammatory as possible with my language to deliberately anger the mob of people who say, "You are with us or you keep your mouth shut." I was aware they would twist what I said to try and blackball me from whatever they could. I don't want to cater to these bullies. Again, I am not talking about ANY victims. Again, I don't even know who they are or how many there are.
My point, which I could have made more tactfully, was this: Why did the story of what actually happened come out AFTER this guy is declared a rapist? I will listen to ANY victim's account. All that was given initially is "psssst Aaron's a rapist pass it on." My point was that no one seems disturbed by this. No one sees that down the road, next time we might get it wrong.
I did not "yell at victims to go to police." They are VICTIMS. I am yelling at the people who said, "Women CAN'T go to the police! They have to work outside the system!" I think that's utter bullshit and leads to rapists walking free. It hurts the victims of sexual assault. I hear this and it enrages me. I believe that any accusation of sexual assault is a serious charge that should be taken seriously, and that UCB should have notified the police or at least encourage the victims to go to police before attempting to handle it themselves with an "internal investigation".
If my disjointed swatting at biplanes like King Kong confused and hurt reasonable people who agree with me, I apologize. It was never my intent to antagonize victims or their supporters. My defensiveness came from feeling deliberately misunderstood. I am not a "rape apologist." My position has always been in defense of the victims of assault. I realize that when emotions are running high, it might not be the time to aggressively philosophize on a sensitive topic. I stand by the points I made, but I sincerely apologize for using inflammatory language to make them.
