akmurFeb 10

Time to cancel Matt Groening?

https://lemmy.world/post/42946874

Time to cancel Matt Groening? - Lemmy.World

Soooo since Groening is in the files, and considering he fooled us with his “predictions”, which are now clearly due to his connection, is it time to cancel him? And I will look for another avatar.

Show threadartyomFeb 10
Someone communicating with Epstein does not automatically make them an abuser. I’m sure you’ve probably communicated with pedophiles before, whether you knew it or not.
Show threadAedis

This is the same argument used to say not all cops are bad.

Turns out if you’re not one of the bad ones you’re at complicit in hiding the bad ones. Same applies here.

Feb 10 at 2:27pmWeb
Show threadartyomFeb 10
Not at all the same thing. Cops are complicit because they know what other cops are doing. We don’t know what Matt was doing. You don’t know what anyone you talk to is doing. Until you do, it makes absolutely no sense to hate them or you would hate absolutely everyone.
Show threadAedisFeb 10

Not hate, but I do dislike most people.

I think it would be naive to believe that someone corresponded with Epstein and had no idea what they were doing. Even if they didn’t partake.

Also what allegiance do you owe Matt Groening? I see no reason to defend another rich asshole.

Show threadartyomFeb 10

I think it would be naive to believe that someone corresponded with Epstein and had no idea what they were doing

Based on what? Do you correspond with him?

what allegiance do you owe Matt Groening?

My only allegiance is to rational thought processes.

Show threadAngryishHumanoidFeb 10
You seem to be approaching this from the point of view that every person Epstein ever met knew and supported what he was doing. Why?
Show threadAedisFeb 10

It does read that way from my comment.

In this case I’m saying Groening had more than a couple interactions (see the guiffre stuff mentioned on this thread)

Sure just meeting the guy or talking once doesnt make you complicit, but a corresponding with might.

Show threadAngryishHumanoidFeb 10

Might is the keyword here I think. A decade ago I had a couple coworkers I knew for a few years, talked video games with them all the time. One day the subject of Trump came up and I, for the first time, discovered they were rabid Trump supporters, never talked to them again.

I imagine there were many people in his orbit with no knowledge or interest in what he was doing, the sheer volume of people he associated with would make that a far likelier scenario. Until something directly tying him to actual allegations or evidence comes out his name in the files means very little to me.