Yesterday @JackSmithIV was accused of offenses explicitly described as existing in a "gray area," namely "emotional abuse, manipulation, and gaslighting." Within hours he was publicly disowned by his union and fired. I'm sorry, but there is something wrong with this process.
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The conduct of the union (
@mic_union) is especially galling. Instantly they abandoned any pretense of member protection, and in less than 24 hours management took the cue and he was terminated. What was the point of joining in the first place?9 replies 14 retweets 123 likesShow this thread -
Then there's the question of whether Smith's "emotionally manipulative" conduct warranted a months-long, intensive investigation. He might be a total ass in his private affairs, but the key phrase there is "private affairs." Why does the entire internet need to scrutinize this?
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Replying to @mtracey
Hey man this take sucks and you should feel bad and dumb.
@jacksmithiv made it his business to be Extremely Online & built a big platform of people who cared about his actions, so it makes sense for the internet to scrutinize. “Public/private” line might as well not exist in 20181 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @akaDooley @JackSmithIV
"Public/private” line might as well not exist in 2018" -- if true that's extremely disturbing and should be counteracted wherever possible.
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you're down to kick it with abusive men as long as they keep it private? are you suggesting that one benefit of union membership is not being held accountable for terrible behavior, be it private or public?
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Emotional abuse in the context of personal affairs should be dealt with through some kind of private censure/shunning rather than through Twitter and blogs. That's my basic position.
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Fair enough, I think I hear you. I also think that genie is out of the bottle tbh. Private affairs are CONSTANTLY carried out over Twitter and (to a lesser extent) blogs. I also think that his positioning as a public voice for left issues makes this all more publicly relevant
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To some extent he probably did invite it, given the public persona. Still, “normalizing” this kind of thing has deleterious social consequences that go well beyond him as an individual.
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Are there consequences that you fear outside of the potential for the paradigm to be abused by deceivers?
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I think it’s very easy to imagine how allegations of “emotional abuse” being litigated on social media could compound harm, given how complicated and subjective those kinds of allegations often are.
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