People keep comparing Joss Whedon to Neil Gaiman, and it's weird and needs to be discussed.

Since the article came out last night I keep seeing people say 'Oh, I've lost all my respect for him, just like Joss Whedon.' Or 'oh he's a wolf in sheep's clothing, just like Joss Whedon.' I just want to say I find this comparison very odd and shows we have no levels for wrongdoing anymore. On the very surface yes they're are some similarities, both were very vocal about their feminist leanings, and both were very active in nerdy fan circles, and both turned out to be pricks. However, that's where the similarities end. We need to understand that wrongs aren't on the same level, and saying I feel the same about Gaiman as I do about Joss Whedon I think underplays just how awful what Neil Gaiman did.

Joss Whedon turned out to be abusive to actors, treated women who worked for him badly, ran toxic writers' rooms and appears to be an all-around nasty piece of work. However, unless I've missed something he has never broken the law, or physically hurt anyone. The things that came out about Neil Gaiman are fucking horrific on a level I can barely comprehend. It's not the same, we need to come to terms that what he did, making people eat bodily excretion with his son in the room is a level of depravity that's just on another level. I think comparing him to run-of-the-mill monsters really underplays the horror of what he did, and that's something that should not be underplayed. I understand it's hard to fully comprehend and making comparisons may allow some way of processing it, or putting it a kind of relatable context, but we need to come to terms with just how far over the line is crimes are. What Gaiman did walks into lines of horror that are just beyond anything, please don't minimize them by comparing him to some other dick.