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by parfe 3587 days ago
I read the whole drama bomb which could be a high school aged spat as easily as the adults involved in the Tor project, but this stood out:

>To be clear I believe Jake has hurt people (which he has admitted himself) and didn't respect people's boundaries. I do not believe he is a rapist or a harasser and I am wondering what the people who started this campaign are trying to achieve.

Admitting he's abusive and ignores boundaries while at the same time saying that behavior isn't harassing or rape is some Grade A dissonance. There wasn't some conspiracy. This woman even admits the guy hurts people and disrespects boundaries. The fact she doesn't have specific details about a rape or other harassment is irrelevant.

She knows the guy has hurt others, and then thinks there is a campaign allied against him?

I'd want any person like she describes removed from any communities I belong to, and not surprised the Tor Project decided the same.

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>Admitting he's abusive and ignores boundaries while at the same time saying that behavior isn't harassing or rape is some Grade A dissonance.

That depends entirely on what she means by "ignores boundaries".

Hurting someone and being abusive are not the same. It also doesn't specify they he ignored physical boundaries (could he have been too clingy?)
> Hurting someone and being abusive are not the same.

Disrespecting boundaries and being abusive are the same. What boundaries differentiates between emotional and physical abuse, and in some cases between whether the abuse is merely an ethical issue or actually a legal issue, as well.

FTFY: This woman even admits the guy hurt people and disrespected boundaries.
You've just hurt "that woman" by writing this. Maybe you should be "removed" from this community?