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I do think a healthy amount of scepticism is healthy here. Her accusations are worded very carefully to not directly target anyone in particular and there is no proof of her accusations nor any way for LMG to dispute her claims because of how they are worded. Not to even mention the timing. It’s all a little too convenient.

That said, scepticism doesn’t mean blind faith in LMG, and it doesn’t mean tearing down the accuser. The new CEO getting an independent investigation is the best thing possible and we should hold our judgement until the result of that investigation.

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PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Not to even mention the timing. It’s all a little too convenient.

The “timing” is “while everybody is discussing then issues within LTT”. That’s a completely reasonable time for an ex-employee to contribute their views.

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- traveler@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The point of them being over worked is being known for a while. I mean the whole channel knows about it, they even filmed a video with employees stating it and asking for the production to slow down.
  
  The other accusations are what indeed are weird. She accuses them of sexual harassment as well insulting her and shit.
  
  Considering that she’s one of those people who “change” pronouns (she has she/they in the X profile) I’m just guessing she wasn’t the easiest person to handle in a work environment (specially in a company that at the time didn’t have a working HR department).
  
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  - PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What point were you wanting people to take away from your comment? Because it seems like it’s supposed to be “people with preferred pronouns can’t be trusted and will just make up stories about sexual assault”.
    
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  - aStonedSanta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Wait. You are generalizing her as negative because she prefers to be called they? Lol human beings a fucking idiots.
    
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- _danny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Not to play semantics like the insanely bad take from Linus, but this isn’t just a conversation, her accusations are serious.
  
  I was clearly being unclear, the timing isn’t important here. The me too movement showed that a lot of people who faced some of the same things she did stayed quiet for years.
  
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Xavier@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
In that case, what would you consider to be a suitable “timing” then?

Is it just after a victim (children/teenagers/men/women/anyone) was verbally/physically assaulted? Within an hour? Within 24/48/72 hours? A week? A month? A year?

When is the appropriate inconvenient (in contrast to your “too convenient”) time for you?

Whether the victim feels safe or not, ready or not, supported or not, free of any retaliation or not, when is it too late for a victim to speak out or tell their story? Is 2 years already too much? How about 5 years, 10 years or 20 years?

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- _danny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I was being unclear about my opinion on the timing. I meant to say take the timing out of the equation all together.
  
  But yes, as a relative of someone who has been assaulted and sexually assaulted, my opinion is speak out loudly and immediately when faced with this kind of stuff. Every minute you waste speaking out is another minute the assaulter roams free. I get that some may be uncomfortable with that, and they should speak out as soon as they are emotionally able to.
  
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