I was not harassed out of the project. I had something sprung on me, was pissed off, said so, thought it over a bit, and pulled my work. Shortly after that, the project folded.
As it happens, I had other stuff I needed to pay attention to on Saturday. I got a text at 1 PM from a friend to maybe check twitter, & spent the next 10 hours sorting out a mess with real consequences, for many people who were stunned & angry, some who were worried or afraid.
It would have been /extremely/ easy for us to just miss the entire thing, have it look like we were fully on board & had known all along. I'm very glad that's not how it played out, because that is the exact opposite of the case.
It's important to me that you know I was not badgered, bullied, censored or harassed into leaving the project. I pulled my work from a project I could not stand by, when the shape of it was revealed.
Harassment is serious, and it has lasting impact. When someone is harassed, they /have been harassed/, no matter how long it's been since the event. No one gets to decide for them that it's been long enough and they should be over it.
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