Not to distract from more important issues, but the most recent James Somerton news is insane. Any sympathetic statements I may have made about James are now fully rescinded.
What an incredible asshole, and to think that many people were calling Hbomb and others murderers over Somerton’s tweet. To do something like that knowing all the accusations, harassment, worry and blaming it would trigger. Unconscionable. And then to still be excusing himself on his alt while that was going on, showing absolutely no remorse, self-awareness or anything. Just sickening.
I am weary of the internet’s version of accountability, but I do hope people will not let him get away it & start over as some different brand of influencer.
This man has no conscience, sense of shame, integrity or responsibility. He cannot be trusted with a platform or an audience. Please don’t let him try this again later. Let it stick.
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and the book is 30 years old.
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Title: What's wrong with Secretary Yoichi?
Directed: @blue-thief
Written: @soleilonthesun
Produced by: @licoririce
Distribution: @qi-qii @wroophruh @refrigeratedboombursts @riririnnnn @theclearblue @gojoracle @getosugurusbangs @galaxynajma @hooudie212 @someprettyname
Number of chapters: 16
BLLK Actor: Isagi Yoichi.
Genre: comedy, romance, daily life.
Synopsis:
>In the great city of Tokyo, CF member GIRLFRIEND, [your name] is an arrogant person of a large corporation. Is turned upside down when his highly competent secretary, Isagi Yoichi, of many years announces his resignation.<
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>🗂>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Soleil: Well, a drama. I had to do a drama, okay?
Isagi: *Sigh* You work a lot... But, I'm sure the drama will be a success!
Soleil: In the end... I could be a good secretary. *releases a small laugh*
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Thinking more about the Somerton situation, I fear this might have some seriously bad consequences for online discourse.
Already there’s plenty of people with a one strike and you’re out mentality to any kind of mistake or misdeed. No making amends, no learning and growing, no explaining what happened, no working to be better etc. Just unconditionally demanding people disappear forever.
It’s kind of understandable if you’ve been hurt and cheated a lot, but it can lead to an unreasonably stringent view of fallibility and forgiveness.
And now we have this fairly high profile example of someone just blatantly deceiving his audience, smearing his victims and accusers, faking remorse while being totally averse to any kind of understanding of what’s he done, why it was harmful and why he got backlash, shamelessly trying to deceive his way back into the spotlight. Just no empathy, no remorse, no self-awareness, just pure egotism and opportunism. The essence of grifterdom personified.
I can imagine many people will learn exactly the wrong lessons; doubling down on their unforgivingly high standards, raising suspicions about every apology, seeing all online expressions of remorse as insincere, equivocating every ‘influencer does bad thing’ situation with this, and maybe even using this to further enforce the stigma against people suffering from suicidal ideation.
I hope we’re better than this, but I have my doubts.
Let’s be vigilant, let’s make sure James Somerton cannot do this again, but also let’s not tar everyone else with the same brush.
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