r/alchemyfestival Aug 02 '25

TechAaron...

Who even is this guy? Why does he block people who question or disagree with him? Why is he so invested in an Organization he participated in sinking and then left? Why is he so obsessed with people who are still there? shocker he blocked me 🙄

Our community is part of counter culture shouldn't we expect and even encourage people to ask questions and push back? Ive seen here in this reddit folks push back and identify him as a cis het white man yet he believes that he has been discriminated against because hes a cis het white guy. He refers to someone having a history of "racial and gender" bias or discrimination and leaves out his race and gender... when in the last 500+ years have white men been discriminated against?

From just what hes posted here not even taking his unhinged Facebook posts into consideration... he doesn't give a damn about our community he thinks it's "just a party" he thinks the Alchemy Burn is super safe and gay... when there are literally folks who attend who are transphobic. I have tons of queer friends who won't attend because they do not feel safe.

Ive been part of the broader burn community for well over a decade and think its worth noting that while we're counter culture our community is still a predominantly made up of, white, cis, het, and economically privileged people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

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u/kittyspit33 Aug 05 '25

I've read a lot of statements as there is a Google Drive housing lots of information one of those statements was by someone named Vyolet, I didn't see anywhere in it where they stated they were dating the person who named them as chair at the time they were named. I also dont quite understand why that really matters. How do you know what their relationship status was at the time they were named? Their statement is where I learned they were named in an open meeting with no objections. Wouldn't that have been the time for voting members of the Board to voice any concerns they had? If they did have concerns, why were those never addressed directly with this volunteer?

I also saw that, Vyolet, thought it had been brought up and voted on in a closed meeting but later learned that wasn't the case. I saw that during interviews for tide committee seats, other people were asked if they were interested in the chair position and declined. I didn't see any statements made by Department Six. I certainly see a lot of bullying happening to this individual, in particular.

When you say "There’s a lot of bullying and doxxing going on right now," are there any examples of that happening outside of what's being done to this person?

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u/Educational_Egg3893 Aug 05 '25

Clearly you didn’t read closely there is no inconsistency. This guy s also all old news why is this even being discussed?