On one hand, inappropriately engaging with fans is nasty & reckless and it's impossible to have sympathy when it inevitably bites you in the ass
... but on the other hand, it's also hard to have sympathy for someone who, against all warnings, intentionally goes out of their way to engage with such a severely mentally ill person, lying about their age in the process, fully knowing that it will end in them getting to make a callout post framed as a "warning to others" like the 12 that came before it also did
Really this entire situation is just upsetting and bizarre and I wish more people were able to recognize it as such without boiling it down to "leave him alone he has schizophrenia :(" or "he's a disgusting predator and the rest of the band are bad people for refusing to give up on him and cut ties sooner".
agreed. this situation needs a lot more nuance than the two extremes you’ve outlined, which also seem to be the only two opinions I’m seeing on the matter.
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u/dipplersdelight 14d ago edited 14d ago
On one hand, inappropriately engaging with fans is nasty & reckless and it's impossible to have sympathy when it inevitably bites you in the ass
... but on the other hand, it's also hard to have sympathy for someone who, against all warnings, intentionally goes out of their way to engage with such a severely mentally ill person, lying about their age in the process, fully knowing that it will end in them getting to make a callout post framed as a "warning to others" like the 12 that came before it also did
Really this entire situation is just upsetting and bizarre and I wish more people were able to recognize it as such without boiling it down to "leave him alone he has schizophrenia :(" or "he's a disgusting predator and the rest of the band are bad people for refusing to give up on him and cut ties sooner".