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Mr. Graham, that was brutal. In a good way; not in that Harvey Weinstein way.
Were it just one or two women victimized, and declined to speak up, I’d withhold judgment. Victims of sexual assault are notoriously shy about calling attention to it. But it seems most of Hollywood knew about this. A lot of people besides the victims could have spoken out. #metoo should be #weknew
Can a person in pain be expected to prioritize other people and spare them that pain? Answers might not be easy, but the question is not cruel.
Let’s also not forget that it’s very likely there are non-victims who were well aware of “business as usual” in Hollywood and elected to say nothing. On a bit more speculative note, it’s possible that this group includes actors/actresses who were bigger stars than those victimized because they had sufficient box office power to get roles without playing the game. What did they know and when did they know it?
You are a man. Apparently if you want to “get with the program” you will accept that you are supposed to listen.
They made Matt Damon apologize for suggesting that perhaps that class of men who was guilty of aggressing on women should be judged individually, with any charges against any individual man proven. Then the retribution should be commensurate with the degree of the crime. Damon tried to point out that pinching a woman’s fanny was rude, and insensitive. We all know that, but certainly not on the level of more serious offenses. (Like roof-y-ing a woman’s drink and then raping her once she was comatose. Or pedophilia.)
For that offense of his, Damon had to stand by and watch as a petition was circulated and then came to have 21,000 names on it, demanding he be pulled from a film production in which he was involved. So he finally apologized to women everywhere, for his having spoken truth. But speaking truth is not really encouraged, unless that truth is in line with whatever the Puppet Masters over at the Liberal Left are decreeing as being truth.
“Two legs bad, four legs good” is being replaced with “women good, no matter what; men bad bad BAD.”
Wish I could offer a saner analysis but judging Cra Cra makes me rather crazy myself.
I’d usually agree with you that there’s a responsibility to do something so the wrongdoer can’t just continue victimizing people but Weinstein seems to be a special case. In his community, he wasn’t just a powerful man who’d protect himself, but someone so intimidating that he inspired fear and hopelessness at the thought of trying to bring him down – like a politically connected head of an organized crime family.
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The same could apply to an especially ruthless general, governor, senator, etc. I don’t know enough about Las Vegas, but Wynn may have had Weinstein like power there. I think it applied to Clinton when he was governor. That kind of power is pretty rare though. It certainly does not apply to someone like Matt Lauer or Charlie Rose. I think Kobe Bryant
What I wonder about are the actresses who took Weinstein’s deal and are stars today because of it. It’s not just that they didn’t out him. They profited from the same setup that victimized and destroyed others. #TimesUp/#MeToo would call them victims. Aren’t they complicit?
PS: Worst thing at Oscars was Kobe. If she hadn’t already had struggles with mental health and she had been strong enough psychologically to keep fighting, I think he’d have gone to prison.