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They are already being slowly canceled (losing subscribers for over a year straight) for being visibly transfem/nonbinary. They seem to have ~~no problems working with others given that they work with the same people for years and years~~ [Justin was one of Sterling's longest term collaborators so that conflicts with my original argument], and they also are a rare independent, anti-capitalist, and loudly pro-worker voice in games media.
I will go and read the more recent plagiarism claim, but they have consistently called out asset flips and other industry plagiarism for years and years, so that doesn't ring true to me either.
Being wrong about whether a game was racist over a decade ago isn't really that significant, to be honest.
Edit: Does anybody have a real source for the plaigarism and treating assistants badly claim? Because a forum post (even a hexbear one) with no real sources isn't gonna cut it.
Edit 2: I have located the two sides of the story for the JSS and Justin (editor/assistant) pay dispute. Feel free to make up your own mind.
Justin's Side (sorry it's hard to read, click through to each Twitter post to see the images in full) James Stephanie Sterling's side
Being wrong about racism (being racist) is significant to me. You sound about white saying that it has a statute of limitations.
I found the links to Justin and JSS's accounting of their dispute. The links are in the comment above yours here.
Thank you.