I get the point in trying to bring up Ron's past. It's got nothing to do with the case. It's an attempt to discredit him and possibly Monica in the public eye.
With regards to Ron I have always and will always support rehabilitation over permanent punishment and ostracization, which I know is a mindset that won't win me many admirers. As, yes, that means if Vic actually does get the help he clearly needs and changes as a person and displays this through his actions, I will hold no ill will towards him any longer. Just like Ron has admitted he's done wrong and has gone through counseling and therapy and, according to people I have reason to trust far more than Vic, Nick, Beard, or any CGer, he is a good man now.
But it seems Vic hasn't chosen that path. He's chosen to deny he's done anything wrong (outside of cheating, which he admits to) and is clearly altering how he carries himself not because he has changed his morality, but because he doesn't want to get in trouble or lose more face. Not being a creep so as to not be in trouble is a lot different from not being a creep because you know it hurts other people. In one case, the mask will always, inevitably, slip. In the other, there's no mask to slip.
And even if Ron was the same man he used to be... yes, I would condemn him. But, what do you know? It doesn't change anything about how I feel about Vic. He has had rumors swirling about him for years and years before a single VA involved in the lawsuit spoke up (several others had at VAAD panels before, of course, which are nigh impossible to confirm given the "no recording" rule common at them, but still). Rumors that have not cropped up about other similarly (imo, moreso) handsome, charismatic, friendly and famous male VAs. I've been saying this for months. Where are the Matt Mercer accusations? Travis Willingham accusations? JYB accusations? Oh, yes, that's right. They don't exist. Because they're actual decent human beings unlike Victor Joseph Mignogna. So what the fuck are people talking about when they say this is about "jealousy" or whatever? So it's safe to assume, Vic's just not a good guy.
Look, the fact of the matter is, this is once again bad faith posturing. And it sucks because I have seen a lot of people who are against Vic being a creep also being suckered into it and in turn labeled as a concern troll by KickVic individuals. When they need to hear this: Ron was, and has been, made to be held accountable for his actions, as he should have been. He needs to stay the fuck away from whoever he has hurt in the past, which he clearly is doing, and just the same has gotten the help he needed to be a better person. His victims have no reason to forgive him in spite of that, and by the same coin, you don't have to either. But those who did not know him when he was a bad person only know him as the good man he is now, and I don't think one can condemn them for that, especially given what little we do know. And he's clearly put in the work to better himself.
Vic? He hasn't. And due to his ego, he clearly won't. Ever. At best he'll continue wearing the mask of a God-fearing Christian Man, while the true Vic is a man who feels he should be allowed to be near whoever he wants and do whatever to whoever he pleases because he's just that special. He confirmed that the MOMENT he tried this lawsuit bullshit. He doesn't want to actually change, he wants to weasel out of taking responsibility for his actions.
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