Xenophon wrote:An interesting take on the topic generally and Aziz Ansari specifically from Caitlin Flanagan over at The Atlantic.
I think she does a pretty good job giving credence to the idea that it is essential that we are taking accusations more seriously and that backlash is a natural consequence of some pent up rage over past indiscretions but that we need to be careful and take each instance as an individual case and not cast too wide a net. Keep in mind she has been very supportive of bringing those with credible accusations of sexual assault to justice.Caitlin Flanagan wrote: But we’re at warp speed now, and the revolution—in many ways so good and so important—is starting to sweep up all sorts of people into its conflagration: the monstrous, the cruel, and the simply unlucky.
Xeno this right here:
Now he has been—in a professional sense—assassinated, on the basis of one woman’s anonymous account.
That's an emerging problem that I see. And, it doesn't sit well with me.