The main problem with #metoo is its complete disregard for the presumption of innocence. As far as I know, not a single person has been formally accused of anything in any country regarding this movement.
The main problem with #metoo is its complete disregard for the presumption of innocence. As far as I know, not a single person has been formally accused of anything in any country regarding this movement.
Yes, I just finished re-reading A Tale of Two Cities, which was based on the French Revolution, and the #metoo movement reminds me a lot of that. Everyone has been whipped up into a heightened state of anger, and anyone is assumed guilty if someone points their finger at them. It is contrary to everything the US is founded on. Then again, looking at the people doing this, who are almost exclusively leftists, it seems that they never really liked the US Constitution, and the other principles that serve as cornerstone of our nation, much anyway.
Mind you, people on "the right" are no better. In fact, they kind of give the #metoo crowd a point with their blind defense of Roy Moore
Any blind Pavlovian reactions are bad. I'm definitely not going to dispute that there are some on the right. There just seem to be more of the left and they are louder and crazier in most cases. I don't think a majority of people on the right supported Roy Moore and the proof is that he lost the election in an area that has been elected only republicans for years.
On the other hand, do I believe all these women that accused him? Hell no. I think it was a political hit job. Some of those women had very questionable credibility based on their pasts and their close affiliation with democrat politicians. You also have to remember that 40 years ago, women married younger. In some states 16 year olds can still marry. We shouldn't judge Moore's dating younger women 40 years ago while at the same time asking liberal Jerry Seinfeld for his autograph when he was dating a 17 year old in his 30's.