Mischief Maker wrote:
Again, orange808 with the bizarre mixed metaphors.
And, you again. Picking and choosing when it's convenient.
Mischief Maker wrote:
Attacking the cancel culture that brought down Harvey Weinstein,
Weinstein was arrested by the police.

Mischief Maker wrote:
but uses as an example Bill Clinton abusing his power against Lewinsky
She showed him her panties trying to get noticed and activately pursued an affair. Consenting adults. More picking and choosing? Yep.
She even tried to get him back afterwards. She was an adult.
What they did was reckless. That's it. Stop telling me she's a victim of Clinton. She's a victim of being black balled by a bunch of hypocrites in society--in general. Many of the same people that gladly shamed her back then are now conveniently pretending to sympathise. Boomers love to conveniently change their stories when it's time to pretend they are good people.
Mischief Maker wrote:
and ruining her career in the same way Weinstein did against his victims?
Nope. Pop culture sacrificed her for fun.
Mischief Maker wrote:
Are you aware that twitter was not around at the time of the Lewinsky scandal?
Are you aware how condecending that question is? Are you aware that human beings behave the same way all the time and Twitter is just a tool?
Mischief Maker wrote:
Are you unclear that the people smearing Lewinsky were not a spontaneous twitter mob but in fact professional PR firms with mass media connections being paid by Clinton?
Bullshit. She was roasted by everyday people.
Mischief Maker wrote:
The whole thing with #cancelrkelly and #metoo is it was people using the democratizing power of social media, even constrained within its monopolistic corporate context, to allow younger, poorer women to gain a measure of justice against the powerful men who abused them/ruined their careers through public exposure. Lewinsky did not have that option against Bill Clinton. Your analogy doesn't work.
It works perfectly. Let the law and justice system do it's job--and keep working to improve it. When people get done paying their debt to society, they need opportunities to move on. When they're in jail, rape isn't part of the punishment. Sorry for the tangent, but we need prison reform and better support for people after they get out.
Lewinsky had her career ruined when she became the public face of adultery after a politically motivated impeachment trial. The Republicans are responsible for keeping her in the news cycle for months.
Clinton hasn't accepted responsibility for his foolish decision. The chief executive can't afford to have skeletons in his closet. It opens the nation up to security risks.
Adultery is legal. There's some old laws on the books, but they aren't enforced and they don't matter. The problem was who and where it happened.
And, this isn't about Weinstein. It's about tossing people that aren't independently wealthy out of society for a sentence you didn't like. Stop pretending you don't know what this is about. This isn't about rich people.