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So long as it's recognised that being critical of the GMs, their handling things, and their ultimate stances should not be repeatedly misconstrued as something against the victims themselves, that's ultimately what matters to me most in this situation now. You can have all the sympathy for the victims in the case and believe they didn't deserve what they got and still believe the authority involved is mishandling it. This is not a mutually exclusive thing, and does not mean you condone this behaviour. It just means you have concerns about how someone - not the victims themselves - are handling it. That is not anything that is or will ever be the fault of the victim, and tying the two things together like that is bad. It creates a shield of "if you dissent or disagree you're a bad person and don't respect what these people have been through". That's not how that works at all.

I do have minor concerns about how a retroactive ban that should have happened much earlier has led to the developer being allowed to profit off the money of someone who shouldn't have been here if the stance was originally taken, and likely in significant amounts because the banned person was a very big contributor, but that's very much an impossible problem. Just one that definitely sits in my mind.

There is absolutely nothing respectful about undermining a victim's situation and making assumptions on a case you have an unclear picture on. It's damaging, it's hurtful, and it's worthy of condemning. 

Just because I am condemning this does not mean I am dismissing some valid concerns brought to the table. I just wish people were more tactful and respectful when broaching this topic, especially when it comes to leaping to the defense of the perpetrator before even considering the victim's situation. Just because you acknowledged their struggle does not make it ok to immediately assume everything must've been peachy for the past 2-3 years this case has aged for. 

I'm addressing the concerns that people are rightful in expressing, and condemning the insensitivity equally.