Eric Morillo

…interesting alternative take on comments from certain quarters:

https://medium.com/@annabelross/erick-morillo-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-2ddfe5c72128

Breaking the deafening silence from most men on the scene to point out that Morillo should not be vaunted as some kind of hero was Mr. C, who on Friday posted on Facebook what read like a deeply heartfelt account of being a victim of sexual abuse himself. He went on to condemn the DJs lionizing Erick, asked that they consider the feelings of his female victims, laid out an excellent definition of consent and urged his peers to protect women. I retweeted his post excitedly, showering praise on Mr. C as a man of integrity and courage. Shortly after, DJ Chloe Harris informed me that Mr. C had behaved in a misogynistic way towards her after they got into a Twitter spat last year. He called her “the bitter failed DJ Chloe Harris from Seattle,” and encouraged his followers to call her a cunt. His misogynist, racist and bullying behaviour had him taken off the lineup at Cascadia Festival in Granite Hills, Washington, last July. Mr. C’s intentions with his post about Morillo might have been good, and it’s awful that he was a victim of sexual assault, too, but how much credit does he deserve, having subjected a woman to misogynistic abuse the year prior?

Unbroken1 the quote that has been attributed to Chloe Harris (who I don’t know) can hardly be called misogynistic. Morillo apologists out in force again.

…eh? who is the apologist? Certainly not the author of this piece

I always thought Chloe came across as a decent person. Great DJ as well.

hugopal Thanks for the context. Yet another mentally retarded dj

…as it happens I recall the spat, and the whole episode was pretty embarrassing, the degree to which it was specifically directed to her because she is a woman is perhaps questionable, (to be honest I thought the ‘fuck the police’ comment was unnecessarily flippant and provocative), but he did repeatedly call her a cunt, questioned her musical ability despite knowing nothing about her, and encouraged all of his followers to pile-on.

In short, he’s a bit of a prick who is probably not best poised to lecture other people on how to behave (despite his own unfortunate experiences).

I meant to link to the full article in my original post, read it here:

https://medium.com/@annabelross/erick-morillo-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-2ddfe5c72128

Edit: copy/paste…. for some reason it links back to this thread

zackster I’m inclined to trust her take

Okay, you believe how she portrayed what happened.

So then how can you claim she “seems totally normal” despite her proudly admitting to spouting trash like this :

“the police are murdering racism scum and anyone who supports them is, too”

?

Unbroken1 and encouraged all of his followers to pile-on.

Not condoning that either, but as a separate question what do you think he should have done when she tried to publicly create a smear campaign claiming he was “racist” despite there seeming to be no valid grounds for the accusation?