Carpenter came out years ago with details. So did Benson, so did Whedon's ex-wife. Why was it not a game changer then? Why are people acting as if this just brand new toda? We knew the kind of human being Joss Whedon was a long time ago, and people were still acting as if what Ray Fisher was saying didn't have an obvious baseline to start from. This would be like someone saying Singer was an issue on set, and people saying, "we need more details before we take it seriously". Of course we wouldn't. He know who Singer is. Although this exact same thing played out with Singer here so... yeah.
Not passing judgment before you see more evidence is one thing and if you did that SF, that's great. I honestly don't remember. If that is what people wanted to do, they could have totally done it. But in this thread there is a ton of speculation, plenty of which painted Fisher in a bad light and yes, mocked him. There has been a running joke about him and accusation of clout chasing. This did not end even after Momoa came out in support of him, when it was revealed that WB made up a movie to deflect attention or Whedon even got canned. As to the calls for a lack of evidence, in and of itself was a stick to beat him with. If people didn't want to hear Fisher say what he said online, they didn't have to listen to him. He made it clear he couldn't say specific things. People complained about him be "whiny" on twitter, as if anyone was forced to listen to him, and discounting the possibility that a black man in Hollywood might you know, be frustrated with the same old, same old.
I took the joking and mocking seriously, because I understand that underlying frustration Fisher might have been feeling. That we are on a board, where people constantly vent over films, television and video games, the lack of empathy for Fisher venting about a potential legitimately awful situation bothered me, and still does. Very little consideration was give to who he is, and the position he was in. All why we were living out a summer of protest based around the devaluing of black lives in America. I am not saying anyone's intention was to be awful about it, but there was very large lack of reading the room on this situation. There was even post of concern for Joss "known trash for years" Whedon being harassed online.
