When the MeToo movement erupted on twitter minus any mainstream media guardians to water its rawness down, it revealed the shocking enormity of harassment and abuse women globally contended with every day of their lives.
It became a rallying call to those who had never seen any justice from a system built upon beyond reasonable doubt guilt, the rage and resentment was genuine and it demanded men look at their privilege and their relationship with consent.
It also spearheaded public opinion against men who had numerous complaints against them and put pressure upon those employing them to be sacked or boycotted.
In the face of this movement, Trump’s obscene pussy grabbing misogyny has seemed like a never ending insult to injury.
With every mob justice however, there is always a moment when it ceases being just and simply becomes vengeance.
The post MeToo cultural landscape demands that every women is believed, reduces the evidential threshold to anything anyone says on twitter and decries due process as white cismale heteronormative privilege.
In such an unforgiving burnt earth world, the backlash has been equally brutal.
In the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation spectacle, mothers and fathers watched the feeding frenzy and ended up not fearing their daughters would be sexually assaulted, but feared their sons would be accused of it. Off the back of this fiasco, Trump actually romped home in the 2018 midterms by extending the Republican majority in the Senate.
It wasn’t MetToo witch hunts people started fearing, it was MeToo witch trials where mere accusation was all that was required for guilt.
No one wanted to return to Salem.
We saw it recently in NZ when The Spinoff and numerous feminist journalists at Fairfax insinuated that the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern not only knew about a sexual assault but covered it up. Labour Party Board members overseeing harassment complaints were defamed and the Labour Party President lost his job.
The entire Spinoff story and coverage by Fairfax Feminists were based in the ‘if a women says it, it must be true’ woke journalism. The story however imploded after it turned out the woman complaining left out crucial details and doctored evidence.
The full ramifications of that Whaleoil level of political journalism hasn’t played out yet with possible defamation action against The Spinoff pending the week after the 2020 election.
Enter Joe Biden and the claim against him that he sexually assaulted a woman over two decades ago. For Democrats who were so certain that a woman claiming she was sexually assaulted was all that was needed for the evisceration of Brett Kavanaugh, the allegation against Biden and their wilful ignoring of that allegation makes them look hollow and hypocritical.
It also disgusting allows for Trump to say this…
…the balls on this guy hu?
The woke mantra of always believing the accuser has turned on the Democrats and bitten Biden. If it was good enough to destroy Kavanaugh’s reputation using just an allegation, then it’s good enough to destroy Biden’s as well.
This won’t end well for anyone and the need for honest and open healing and reflection on how men and women treat one another seems like light years away.
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I will tell you how it will end..
TRUMP 2020 by a landslide.
You’re late to this party sun shine.
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. Trump can only screw up so many times before he loses the swing voters. The musings on disinfectant were cringe-making (“oh, I was being sarcastic”). And if the COVID-19 situation deteriorates further in the US, it will be very difficult for Trump to deflect blame.
We could apply same logic to Labour I suppose…
Totally non transparent, twice passing the wrong Bill, hate business, wiping people’s human rights at will, let our police force abuse their powers and lie about what power they actually have….
September its party over time for Labour with each person they made redundant & bankrupt
Gee Ross.
Okay. Labour doesn’t hate business. That’s a statement made in your own world.
And by the way, every single other government has been forced to take similar action around the world. You could also mention those examples too.
If you mean big business is under threat, and the neo liberal ideology of the right and far right – well yeah, then you might be on to something.
very telling when others won’t make a confident prediction themselves eh!
What does that even mean? Making predictions? And your prediction was? Apart from making trite, and shallow party political allegations based on the thin air that wafts through the tory hive mind, which has the intellectual vigor of rigor mortise, you’ve said nothing of substance. “Labour he’s business”. I’m shocked to discover that there are still people in this country, at this time who still can’t cope with reality enough to shed the idiocy that reactionary conservatism is a good model for governance. Very sad indeed. And you thought you were being cover sharing this with us?
Like it or not, and the stench of hyprocricy is overwhelming from the female democrat senators/representatives, they were all lining up to appear in front of camera during the Kavenaugh hearing.
Now only tumbleweed and crickets.
Whether anyone is right or left leaning, democrat or republican there is no getting away from the silence of support of this woman’s accusation….still, I guess the WAPO and NYT will character assassinate her enough! I see Allysia Milano is already taking heat for her silence on this which should show once and for all she is political first, defender of women second.
Yes, the silence is deafening on creep Biden
Even if Kavenaugh didn’t try it on a young, beautiful high school student when he was just a boy (and I’m the last one who should be criticising some one for trying it on) even if it wasn’t true Kavenaughs temperament during his show trial should have expluded him from becoming a suroeme court justice so all those me too gossip queens can at least pat themselves on the back for forcing through the absurd nomination of Kavanaugh
Trump is by far the bigger creep. In fact he’s a disaster.
First rule in politics “it’s ok when the left do it”
That’s what you would read above the urinal
Except most Democrat politicians aren’t “left” – they’re woke neoliberals. Same goes for most of the celebrities.
This from Democracy now.
Tara Reade’s Ex-Neighbor on Biden Sexual Assault Allegation: I Believed Her Then & I Believe Her Now
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/5/1/lynda_lacasse_tara_reade_joe_biden
A number of high profile women are hoping too be picked as his running mate.
I think when it comes down too it most Americans are happy too accept more than one skeleton the closet when they elect their POTUS.
Old Bill got away with it then he allowed Monica too seduce him at the White house and then said it never happened.
And if you are a woke feminist wanting too vote in November you’re up shit creek without a paddle.
One poll released showing how tight the race is and how many woman are undecided.
Bidens selection of a running mate will be crucial in this general election if he is intending too pick a woman as a candidate.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/495539-poll-biden-trump-tied-in-general-election-head-to-head
All Biden needs to do is allow access to his archives at the University of Delaware….but he has dissembled and steadfastly refused to do so. This leads the general public to wonder what he’s hiding.
But I can see why Trump would support him – the last thing he wants is a competent candidate challenging him.
A competent candidate would of been Tulsi….but…..she got screwed over just like Bernie. Then they BOTH endorse Mr Senile? Jesus, I mean seriously, they gave Trump his wish list! lol
Adding to my comment in support of Metoo; the actor accused of sexual abuse was Casey Affleck, brother of Ben. He paid out an undisclosed sum of money to two women co-workers who were suing him for over $1m. Later he withdrew from the Academy awards ceremony, not wanting to cause more dissension by appearing.
Few women are receiving money from their complaints. Many of them complain reluctantly, thinking they need to tell the truth even if it puts them in the firing line. Another woman has laid a complaint of sexual harassment against Joe Biden. I think your ‘Mr Nice Guy’ is a sleaze bag. Jesse Jackson was quoted in a recent Intercept article saying Biden was getting crucial support from black voters because they mistakenly thought he shared Obama’s civil rights record.
How many people died from Trump’s advice to take disinfectant? I heard one, but it’s likely there were more.
Watch the DNC machine swing into action and ‘evidence’ suddenly appears that sink Biden, then they parachute in their preferred candidate (I do believe they really wanted Biden, but his almost daily ramblings and inability to string 2 sentences together has forced their hand) Biden will be offered a dignified exit be standing down due to ‘ill health’s, if he refused then the evidence comes into play.
Who will the DNC choose?
A relative unknown male with Warren as running mate.
Or they will leave Biden where he is.
His running mate will be the key.
After four years of Trump Americans are used too senility and complete madness in their leaders.
Can’t wait for those debates.
Biden takes a nap while Hillary endorses him.
The job must be hard work pocketing all that corporate donation money now Bernie has been shown the exit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzQngeS-9I
The fuxkwit Dems doing what they always do. If they can’t find an obedient corporate lackey, they just throw the election to their frenemies in the Republican party. They spiked Bernie’s chances and probably hope to parachute the egregious Hillary Clinton in again at the last minute if Biden crashes and burns.
Clinton?…no chance, she lost the unlosable election and that will always be her legacy. Even she would never contemplate running again as if she loses a 2nd time (which she would) her credibility, what’s left of it, will not be worth a cent.
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