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tenderfoot

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Tue Oct 17, 2017, 01:16 PM Oct 2017

Breitbart: Women are using #MeToo to share their stories of sexual harassment as a "status symbol"

As usual, the rightwing reaction to sex abuse is totally disgusting....

John Nolte: “It’s like the AIDS ribbon. You know, I feel very bad for these women, but it’s sort of becoming a status symbol.”

JOHN NOLTE: Nothing will be done. I'll just say it right now. No names will be named. Nothing will be done. A lot of money will be thrown at people. A lot of virtue signaling will be done. A lot of it will be to further politics, to further the left wing agenda of so-called multiculturalism and diversity. You know, the issue -- what's so funny is that there's more women running Hollywood now than ever before and this problem is still there. So the answer is not more women in power. But it all -- it's all damage control. It's all BS. If these people cared, they'd call for an outside person to come in and investigate.

ALEX MARLOW (HOST): OK, so let's talk about this "me too" hashtag that really took a lot of the country by storm over the weekend. I admit, I didn't fully follow it. Tell me what the thing was and what came from it.

NOLTE: It was actress Alyssa Milano, who did Who's the Boss and Charmed, and she came up with this idea -- I guess a friend of hers gave it -- to tag as "me too," m-e-t-o-o, and the idea is to say "me too" publicly and tell your story of sexual harassment. And it took off, and there's a number of name actresses using it and claiming that they -- but, again, it's like the AIDS ribbon. You know, I feel very bad for these women, but it's sort of becoming a status symbol. And unless you name names -- and none of these women so far have named names -- and I'm fine, if they want to say, listen I've talked to the police. If they want to say that, I'm fine with that. Like, America Ferrera, she should go to the police. She was raped as a nine year old. But no one's naming names. It's just sort of becoming -- and maybe, it's probably good. I'm not saying it's not good. It probably feels good to know you're not alone.



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Breitbart: Women are using #MeToo to share their stories of sexual harassment as a "status symbol" (Original Post) tenderfoot Oct 2017 OP
WHAT!!?!!?!?!?!?!? Siwsan Oct 2017 #1
Right wingers just love playing the victim gratuitous Oct 2017 #2

gratuitous

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2. Right wingers just love playing the victim
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 01:29 PM
Oct 2017

Because nothing all that terrible has happened to them in their miserable lives, conservatives love claiming status as a victim. They have no understanding or comprehension of what being a victim means. They conflate criticism of their racism with being lynched. They think that because women don't appreciate their clumsy, sexist affronts that they've suffered equally. Their ersatz offense at black athletes not being sufficiently servile is every bit as painful as a friend or family member being gunned down in the street by law enforcement.

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