This comment had three upvotes and four downvotes for the statement below. Those specific votes were not made in response to the provided context (which I didn't know about until later). Just wanted to make that clear.
Please refrain from making any "I don't like this person, but I feel bad for them" comments. Those kind of comments are completely unnecessary and insensitive.
First of all, don't use quotation marks if you're not actually quoting someone. I never called it a "poor PR attempt." That's your phrasing, not mine. The only comment I can think of that you could be referring to is comment #2514606, in which I simply explained what I knew about the situation at the time because I thought that would be more productive than just downvoting someone asking a simple question. Other than the stuff about the Black Stream being done in self-defense (which does not automatically justify how it was executed), I don't know much more than what I said previously. I stopped following the news on this incident a long time ago. I'm maintaining a neutral stance out of ignorance because I have more important things to do than worry over some two-year-old drama. The only thing I'm taking a side against is harassment (because that's obviously bad).
You defending Vox isn't the problem here. The problem is that you're telling people not to say something that likely wouldn't be said on that post anyway. This will just make it more likely that those comments will be made or worse. It's like wearing a steak suit in front of a pack of dogs and yelling "Please don't eat me!" It's better to stay silent or at least leave a supportive comment instead of stuff that will inevitably attract drama. Or even better: actually explain that his mother died from the beginning instead of assuming everyone knows what the picture means and jumping straight into tone-policing.
First of all, don't use quotation marks if you're not actually quoting someone. I never called it a "poor PR attempt." That's your phrasing, not mine. The only comment I can think of that you could be referring to is comment #2514606, in which I simply explained what I knew about the situation at the time because I thought that would be more productive than just downvoting someone asking a simple question. Other than the stuff about the Black Stream being done in self-defense (which does not automatically justify how it was executed), I don't know much more than what I said previously. I stopped following the news on this incident a long time ago. I'm maintaining a neutral stance out of ignorance because I have more important things to do than worry over some two-year-old drama. The only thing I'm taking a side against is harassment (because that's obviously bad).
You defending Vox isn't the problem here. The problem is that you're telling people not to say something that likely wouldn't be said on that post anyway. This will just make it more likely that those comments will be made or worse. It's like wearing a steak suit in front of a pack of dogs and yelling "Please don't eat me!" It's better to stay silent or at least leave a supportive comment instead of stuff that will inevitably attract drama. Or even better: actually explain that his mother died from the beginning instead of assuming everyone knows what the picture means and jumping straight into tone-policing.
Yes, I apologize. It's just that the things outsiders were saying about him just left a bad taste in my mouth. I have deleted the comments, and I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions and acting the way I did. People sometimes leave negative comments under EN Live's artwork, especially Vox's and Elira's, and that honestly irritates me. It's just frustrating to see people accept drama-monger narratives as gospel rather than seeing the full picture.
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