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Did you even read my reply? I blame the victims of his assaults JUST as much as I do the predator. It's not good enough to say "women innocent victims big bad scary man do all harm to innocent womens".
EVERY SINGLE WOMAN that he abused and is now coming forward with their testimonies, KNEW about it and what he was doing, and said NOTHING. They are ENTIRELY complicit in the current status of Hollywood. Their deafening silence on Weinstein, while outspoken nature of Trump, is EXACTLY the kind of ironic, liberal feminist hypocrisy I'm outlining.
You don't get to say that Harvey Weinstein did it and therefore only he is to blame. No. They are ALL to blame. Every single one of them that swept it under the rug and kept it a secret for the sake of their wealth and status and rich bitch lifestyles. These WOMEN enabled him and allowed it to fester throughout the industry and just because he was at the top and called all the shots doesn;t mean jack to an entire industry that allows him to do what he does.
It only took one single woman to tape his behavior and get it leaked and was willing to risk it all to do it for these now alleged victims to come out of the woodwork like a bunch of cockroaches getting their shovels in. It could have happened sooner, but it didn't. Because it wasn't just men that perpetrated it, it was women as well. Their silence spoke volumes.
Rose Mcgowan herself who is coming forward as a victim, defended Victor Salva over his molestation of a 12yo boy. Meryl Streep again with Polanski. Stop pretending like women had no power to change things. They just didn't want to. They didn't care. They ignored it and joked about it and cared nothing about the future harm he would be inflicting on newcomers to the industry. Enough with the constant "woe is women because man" horseshit. If there's one thing that sickens me as much as what Harvey did, it's pretending that women were powerless to stop it.
BS. Let's not pretend they were too stupid to know what was happening. They weren't mentally handicapped. They knew exactly what was going on. They knew 100% that they were being abused, and they said nothing. Because their lifestyle was worth letting it happen.
My problem is when you see women like Gweneth Paltrow comment and how she was abused by him, and how she wants to close the gender pay gap and all that feminist garbage, but then you see her thanking him during award ceremonies.
Or how Meryl Streep, even if she didn't know about Harvey in particular, knew about the rape culture festering within her industry. She loves to champion for womens rights and all that horse shit but then watch as she takes the stage saying she's "very sad" that Roman Polanski is in jail for his rape of a 13yo girl.
It's the two faced nature of the industry that is so revolting.
We are talking about an entire industry that constantly pats themselves on their backs as the moral arbiters of society and then turns around and does the exact opposite. And worse, enables it. How much flak did they give Donald Trump during the election for his locker room banter? Just over his banter. Nothing more. And yet they allow this to go on behind the public's back?
It's nauseating to think about. Hollywood has some major, major skeletons in its closet that it needs to dig out before they go suggesting where OUR values should lie. They made their bed, so sleep in it.
I wouldn't have anything happen differently, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy. They're only throwing him under the bus now because it's "safe". Infact if it was up to me I'd have made sure this man was behind bars and had his membership revoked upon entry. They still allowed him to win his awards and make his money and cast terror in the hearts of fragile young women for two decades prior though. They knew about him, but did nothing about it, because it was better for them not to. They only thought about themselves.
Because of his connections. The same reason everyone knew about him but never said anything. It was more economical for them to keep his secret. But now it;s not anymore. Which is why you see the entire industry now acting like they were appalled and shocked by it and jumped on the opportunity to throw him under the bus.
A movie about a Hollywood predator being made by a series of other Hollywood predators. Sounds like Inception.
They don't have any guts. It would have taken guts to keep him on, but the academy, like most liberal institutions, move with the tide of public outcry. Had they kept him on they would never live it down how they defended a rapist. This way they can say they were standing up for women, which we all know they weren't. They're just building a moat around themselves before the forest fire gets out of hand.
Oh please don't give me that BS. Of course they have to be willing to take a chance risking their careers. No one's denying that. But to use that as a reason as to why they remained silent just makes them look like the shallow, greedy, selfish degenerates that they are. In particular the ones that boast about female empowerment while remaining silent on true sexism and misogyny in the industry like this. The idea that anyone should be sympathetic to their silence just because they were afraid to risk their careers is ludicrous. That's the kind of cowardice we should be defending? That between trying to organize themselves to get this man behind bars, they just kept their mouths shut in blissful ignorance while allowing him to continue his reign of sexual misconduct? I don't think so.
Grey area meaning what exactly?
What a convenient way to exit the conversation without actually having to converse. Call everyone unhinged and crazy. Typical lefty coward.
Why not? The victims are the ones that have allowed it to fester in their cowardice. If this was dealt with swiftly from the start then maybe Harvey wouldn't have been able to get way with half of what he has. Their silence and cowardice has enabled him to violate all of these women. And for every liberal in Hollywood preaching their female empowerment jargon, it now means nothing because they have perpetrated the very rape culture that they have disavowed.
Ah, of course. Anyone who criticizes the victims must be defending the perpetrator. How liberal of you.
Of course they were scared, but you don't need power and influence to knock down the king. Consider how easy it was for his victims to come out once one decided to come clean. Like a domino effect, they are now all coming out to speak out against his crimes. All it could have taken is that same effect to happen earlier for him to stop reigning terror against these women, but due to their cowardice, and their focus on their money and wealth and rich bitch lifestyle, they swept it under the rug and pretended it wasn't there. They enabled him to cast his sexual assaults against women for two decades. All because they were "scared". Cowardice shouldn't be defended. These women could have done something and chose not to. They are undeserving of sympathy or respect.
It took a recording for his victims to come forward. They only did it once it was "safe". Any one of his victims could have been the one to do it even at the cost of losing everything they had, but the fact that they weren't willing to risk it, and prioritized their careers and their wealth over getting the man behind bars, means they have no place to call him out for the scumbag he is. They're just as guilty.
It took one single woman to tape his misconduct and she opened up a floodgate of victims of sexual abuse from Harvey Weinstein. All it took was one person to take the first step. Every single victim of his, could have been the one to take that first step, but due to their cowardice, and their fear of having their careers ruined, they didn't. They just swept it under the rug and let it continue to for decades. I understand libel laws just fine. And I know that when you have 30 victims of sexual assault from Weinstein, those libel laws go out the window.
Sorry, but liberal hypocrisy is exactly what this is. And it doesn't just end with sexual assault. George Clooney and JK Rowling virtue signal about how we need to be taking in more refugees for the sake of "help" and any concerns people have over them are just branded as racist bigots. Yet they own several mansions and villas with who knows how many rooms that are empty with not a single soul occupying them. They live in his gated communities that have 24 hour surveillance but somehow want to tell us where our morals should lie?
Rose Mcgowan has been at the forefront of this Harvey case from the beginning claiming her victimhood, yet defended Victor Salva who raped and molested a 12yo boy on the set of Clownhouse.
How about Liam Neeson coming out against guns in America despite making a string of action movies using them and glorifying gun violence?
Or Leonardo DiCaprio advocating for climate change reform while simultaneously using private jets that use more fuel in one trip than the average citizens uses in a year?
And of course the aforementioned petition signed by Hollywood to get Roman Polanski cleared of his rape charges against a minor.
Hypocrisy is all liberal Hollywood knows.
Which is why they're all hypocrites. Typical lefty circlejerk that loves to virtue signal about how morally superior they are but never likes to practice what they preach. Like how they defended Polanski. Let's all just throw him under the bus when it suits us but remain hush hush until then. No one ever wanting to take the first step. What an insipid cesspool of fake degenerate cowards.
Um, no. They don't. That's why we have a justice system in this country. If you get raped, the law intervenes and decides punishment. You don't get to decide "well hey I know it was bad but he did give me a pretty big paycheck to keep quiet so I guess I'm ok with it and he can continue to do what he does best to other women trying to kickstart their careers". Not by a longshot.
No. Rape culture and sexual assault is only a serious issue if it's committed by a conservative/republican. That's why over a hundred of Hollywood's finest signed a petition pardoning Roman Polanski for his rape of a minor.
Yeah but the studio is responsible for funding it. Think of him like a bank. How many people are capable of buying a house without a mortgage? People want to buy a house the same way the director wants to make a movie. But neither of them have the money to do it. That's where the bank/studio comes in.
The only reason Harvey was so successful is because he took chances on independent films and allowed directors more creative freedom. Where typical big league studios want to have more control over how you make the movie they're funding, Harvey was always more relaxed about letting directors maintain their vision. That's why Tarantino and Kevin Smith have maintained a steady relationship with him. I don't think Warner Bros. or Universal would allow them the same creative freedom Weinstein did.
Accepting money to stay quiet after being strong-armed into providing sexual favors is the best course of action available? Are you nuts? Do you even hear yourself? That's the most idiotic defense I've heard since this story broke out.
And working in exchange for money isn't trading in dignity, it's working. Let's not pretend that the act of working in exchange for remuneration is in any way shape or form, the same as being cornered into doing sexual favors, and then being paid to keep quiet about it so the cycle can continue for other unsuspecting prey. Give me a break. It's unthinkable that you would even try to equate the two.
One person can't change the system, therefore everyone should just buck up and accept it for the way it is is that it? If you can't beat'em, join'em? What a profound sentiment for the future generation to make. Just accept that you're going to be used as a sperm receptacle by Hollywood instead of the actress you want to be and own it because that's just the way the business is? And you have the audacity to call ME the misogynist? I have much higher expectations for the women in Hollywood than you clearly do.