Originally Posted by shelleyj89:
“What's so special about any of them? Nothing really. ”
Then Austin should have received a formal warning, like other non-speciall HMs.
And he shouldn't be getting more understanding / sympathy / explaining-away than other non-special HMs either.
But so long as he continues to be treated differently, it will continue to seem that he's being seen as a special case who shouldn't be seen as other HMs have been.
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“And I've seen just as many comments like yours, slating Austin, as I have ones being more understanding and still supporting him. I don't think anyone has made an excuse for him, more that they can understand where his emotions and anger comes from. For me personally, as an Austin supporter, I despise the use of the C word, and I think his tirade at Janice wasn't necessary. But I can see why he dislikes her so much.”
Why would it matter if there are just as many comments slating Austin? That wouldn't mean the posts explaining, justifying, excusing, etc don't exist, or that they aren't wrong, or even that Austin isn't being given a lot more sympathy and understanding than other HMs have been.
There are plenty of excuses being made for Austin. There are many posts that at most pay only brief lip service to the idea that he did anything wrong and spend most of their time explaining, sympathising, and understanding as if he wasn't really responsible for his own behaviour and it could instead be explained as a result of difficult things in his life, Janice's provocations, etc, etc.
But none of that (even if it turns out to be true) means that he shouldn't have received a final, formal warning. He should have been warned, and it's outrageous that he wasn't.