17. What stature Champion has comes from ability to get attention in reputation economy -- people do read his blog & listen to his podcast
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18. In reputation economy of literary Brooklyn, social media is like the stock market. You got to play to make it big.
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19. For someone with Champion's apparent mental health issues, social media also seems to be toxic: exacerbates worst tendencies.
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20. Some reasonable objections from @jsuttonmorse: A. Suicide threats are typical abuser behavior.
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21. B. "and making a story about him & mental illness, or just misogyny takes away from the story of the woman he's abusing"
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22. Absolutely agree with A. -- suicide threats made in Champion's way seem manipulative and way of deflecting criticism.
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23. On point B: Champion's abuse is central.These notes not meant to extenuate his abuse but to see it in wider context
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24. Champion's victims deserve sympathy & support. What he's written and threatened is vile.
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25. Some excellent points from
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26. Perhaps useful to step back and ask what is our goal here? Our goal should be to prevent creepy guys like Champion from abusing women.
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27. There are different ways of dealing with someone like Champion: legal, economic & psychologically.
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28. It's quite possible that Champion's extortion threat was criminal. If so, he should be charged with a crime & punished.
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29. Economically, Champion can & should be punished with a boycott (in an attention economy that includes ignoring his blog & podcast).
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