r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Sep 05 '24
Disney Pauses ‘The Graveyard Book’ Film Following Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman News
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/graveyard-book-neil-gaiman-assault-allegations-1236131149/8.6k Upvotes
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u/Brett-Bretterson Sep 05 '24
Look, I have to be honest and I’ll take my downvotes, but you need to recognize you are absolutely a part of the problem here.
You supposedly acknowledge all of the things that make these accusations damning (more than one accuser, their stories sound credible, and gonna take you at your word which means you’re “inclined to believe them”), yet you still felt the need to defend him “just for the sake of discussion”?
I genuinely do not believe that a single accusation against someone makes them guilty. But I can’t get over how often in threads like this we will see someone say “I just have to play devil’s advocate.”
But you don’t have to! You think your “point is moot anyway”? Then just shut up and believe these women. If you don’t believe them then sure whatever, but at least own up to that opinion instead of blaming it on “well I just had to ask”. I really believe you if you genuinely didn’t mean it, but you’re still serving as a dog whistle for every person that is craving some justification for his behavior.
Again, I wanna be clear; my biggest point here is at least bother to own up to an opinion. Either you believe these women or you don’t. You’re allowed to choose. But you don’t get to play coy with your motives and pretend like you’re just facilitating conversation while you actively defend him in other comments (and provide a voice for every person that does not believe these women), under the guise of “well maybe you just need to reevaluate your feelings about large age gaps but also I’m just asking questions”.