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In reply to the discussion: Clinton says she spoke to staffer who accused top adviser of harassment [View all]GaryCnf
(1,399 posts)I am beyond outrage.
I am as far from a Hillary "fan" as any Democrat can be. What's more, I believe that the very subject of sexual harassment was a major factor in our loss in 2016 (no, I will not discuss why again), but this current attack is total bullshit.
At our current level of "concern" over sexual harassment, it is possible (but only "possible" ) that Strider would have been driven from public life and forever shamed (after all, isn't that what happened to Al Franken?). However, ten tears ago . . . hell, 1 year ago . . . the steps taken by Clinton would have been viewed as exemplary. Strider was disciplined and the victim was placed in a safe environment which was equivalent to her former position. At the same time, Weinstein, Wynne, AND TRUMP were committing sexual assault and destroying the lives of their victims AND the same "concerned" people now attacking Hillary were WILLINGLY looking the other way.
Whether this meme is being pushed to trivialize the #metoo movement, whether it is a diversion from the evil which is Trump, or even whether it is simply people who honestly believe that anyone who wasn't prescient enough to see THEIR current standards regarding sexual harassment and punishment should be called out, it's just wrong.