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Re:Justin Roiland dropped from Rick and Morty after domestic... by sneak on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:15AM (#34520107)
> It's not exactly a surprise that someone with so little regard for social convention turned out to have untenable personal attributes,

Did he, though? Accusations are not evidence.

I think it is universally a mistake to read accusations by the criminal justice system uncritically, given what we know about their incentives.

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Re:Justin Roiland dropped from Rick and Morty after domestic... by bungeonsBaggins on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:41AM (#34520518)
He's also been exposed as having sent sexually explicit DMs to minors, which started to come to light after the lawsuit was filed. It was probably that, more than/in addition to the lawsuit, that led to Adult Swim dropping him.

I looked into it because I had the same initial reaction you did. It's pretty terrible stuff, dude's got some issues

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Re:Justin Roiland dropped from Rick and Morty after domestic... by dTal on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:36AM (#34520420)
It's not just that, I'm afraid:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/10cum8n/comme...

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Re:Justin Roiland dropped from Rick and Morty after domestic... by BolexNOLA on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:46AM (#34520576)
>given what we know about their incentives.

Very curious to hear you unpack this little addition.

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