Not even in terms of the community and optics. I feel bad for anyone that has to deal with the criminal injustice system over what was likely consensual touching. I feel even worse for him if, like rumors suggest, it was only shota (illegal in Norway) and false accusations. VirPed doubling down on their ideology every time a director is involved in a sexual scandal is really cult-like, though. So is the way that they wait until they've decided on the right PR spin before announcing anything. And now the former director who was involved in sexual harassment is temporarily back on top? If the ideology is so good then why aren't the leaders able to stick to it? I also think it's so much worse when an anti-c offends, though. Both ethically and in terms of optics. As a pro-c, my crimes were basically committed in alignment with my own sense of values and right and wrong. But an anti-c committing those same crimes is violating their own deeply held code. My conscience is clean, theirs is not. If it is just shota and false accusations, then he may have done something illegal, but in line with his own values. Just like I did. It still means that VirPed is a law-breaking organization rather than a pro-reform organization based around anti-c values. That's not how they present themselves. It's funny how the "children can't consent" meme is so strong in VirPed culture that no-one is even talking about whether it might've been a willing or unwilling encounter. The focus is entirely on whether the charges are false, or if it was abuse. As if that binary is all that exists. In my (pro-c) mind it's very likely that he's facing an injustice either way. |