I humbly request that all posts publically attacking Dave Sim and calling him a misogynist and other such things be deleted from the various blogs that have done so. I think if we all work together, we can prevent the slander of this public figure in the comic book community until if and when he has a formal trial labelling him a misogynist. Sure, he's known about the community as that "guy who's cranky about women." But what's the big deal? These things are so very subjective. And I heard he's real fun at parties. However, some of these charges levelled against him in these blogs and message boards are very serious, charges that can have an impact on his job and his very livlihood. He's even been followed on message boards and confronted about these charges. Now, is that civil?
So again, I humbly request that all negative posts regarding Dave Sim, or message board threads, be either deleted or shut down. Further -- I request that any mention of anything relating to those posts ALSO be deleted and shut down. Even the very reference to another post that has been written could help spread these damaging rumors.
Now, say you have been mentioned in one of these ruinous Dave Sim posts, and want to respond in some way. If you do so, you are still guilty, and you should restrain yourself from doing so. In fact, the only way you really could mention those Sim posts is if you are attacking the writers of them or those who reference them. Then, you are still kind of spreading the rumors...but at least you are on his side while doing so.
Comments will be closed on this post, as I want to try to contain the data within it as much as possible. In fact, this post itself will be deleted after a time, just to be absolutely sure. Then I go through the cache, and delete that. Then I delete the entire Internet.
Remember, use social pressure to get those posts taken down!
Now, you might ask yourself: why is somebody so gung-ho for women's rights taking such a stand for Sim? Well, I believe in fairness and consistency. Let's say I was just writing this post as a satire. Unfortunately, the spirit of this post is out in the blogosphere at this moment, and it is no satire. It's real. And it's kinda dumb, and yes it's victimizing the victim again, but where is the big surprise in that? It's all so predictable, and all so banal, and it has been happening way before I came to the scene, and will continue long after I'm gone.
Oh, and stop slandering Sarah Palin too by yakking about her daughter's baby (or "babies")! Yes, I realize that the fact she wants to keep birth control out of the hands of teenagers makes the rumors relevant. But screw relevancy.
