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The Death of #MeToo: ‘To Be Fair, It Was Never Actually About Helping Women’
The Other McCain ^ | 1 Sep 2023 | Robert Stacy McCain

Posted on 09/02/2023 5:59:43 PM PDT by Rummyfan

The headline quote is Professor Glenn Reynolds’ reaction to a post by Jazz Shaw about how “the #MeToo movement abandoned women.”

The thought occurs to me, “Is Jazz Shaw really so naïve as to believe the liberals were arguing in good faith?” And this in turn reminds me of something I once remarked about Conor Friedersdorf, namely that his basic problem seemed to be insufficient cynicism. If your beginning assumption about politics is that everybody actually believes what they say — if you grant them the benefit of the doubt as regards sincerity and their professed ideals — then you are, to paraphrase W.C. Fields, the kind of sucker who should never get an even break. If it weren’t for the ample supply of fools, however, the Democratic Party would have been out of business long ago, and one of the ways that Democrats keep their scam going is by manfacturing “spontaneous grassroots movements” like #OccupyWallStreet, #BlackLivesMatter and, of course, #MeToo.

Hey, does anyone remember “No Nukes”? Back in the 1980s, this allegedly “grassroots” protest movement emerged as a not-very-well-disguised propaganda campaign by Democrats to hype the idea that Ronald Reagan was a dangerous warmonger who was going to provoke World War III and destroy the world in a nuclear Armageddon. To this day, there are still people who haven’t realized how fundamentally bogus the “No Nukes” movement was, because aging celebrities — Jackson Browne, Don Henley, et al. — don’t want to admit that they were 100% wrong about everything (as liberals generally are).

Excuse that trip down Memory Lane, but my point is that if you pay attention long enough, certain patterns become obvious....

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: deathtorapists; frrapistsympathizers; rapistfan; scummyfan
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“In other words, #BelieveWomen, unless a woman makes an accusation that could keep Democrats from winning the White House, in which case, the hashtag will be instantly converted to #ThatBitchIsLying.”

1 posted on 09/02/2023 5:59:43 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Women are incredible liars. They keep lying even after shown text, email, video evidence. Sex crimes are THE MOST LIED ABOUT crimes. Police/law enforcement knows this.

Liars of all kinds, especially those trying to frame/accuse innocent people with false crimes, should automatically get the maximum penalty for the crimes the innocent person could receive. Completely biblical as well.


2 posted on 09/02/2023 6:07:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Rummyfan
Hey, does anyone remember “No Nukes”? Back in the 1980s, this allegedly “grassroots” protest movement emerged as a not-very-well-disguised propaganda campaign by Democrats to hype the idea that Ronald Reagan was a dangerous warmonger who was going to provoke World War III and destroy the world in a nuclear Armageddon.

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And recall that the "lion of the sinate...kennedy" wrote Andropov for help in defeating Reagan in 84.

He should have been tried and hung for treason.

https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html?sh=786ff8e359ab

3 posted on 09/02/2023 6:11:15 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

One of my favorite leftist hypocrisy examples is the “Free Speech” movement in Berkeley in the 1960s.

We now know it meant free speech for them until they seized power.

Then they got to censor the opposition since opposition speech was “hate speech” and “insurrection”.


4 posted on 09/02/2023 6:14:33 PM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Agreed. I know more than one chick that tried to ruin a life.


5 posted on 09/02/2023 6:15:25 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Rummyfan

#MeToo was supposed to take out Trump. Instead, it took out Al Franken.


6 posted on 09/02/2023 6:16:01 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: Rummyfan

“You think Democrats really care about women? If so, you are a damned fool.

Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.”


7 posted on 09/02/2023 6:17:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Rummyfan

The PoundMeToo was just to get Trump and caught a half dozen Dems.


8 posted on 09/02/2023 6:17:33 PM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: EEGator

Some guys are lucky video/audio was recorded by themselves or a security camera, or else they’d have been screwed.

Of course the women don’t get any punishment for false accusations.


9 posted on 09/02/2023 6:22:06 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MtnClimber

Hillary was the “nut and slut” team leader for the Clinton slander team.

Democrats stomp on their enemies—could not care less who they are.


10 posted on 09/02/2023 6:24:47 PM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: Rummyfan

The Left moved from “Believe Women” to “I don’t know what a woman is” rather quickly.

The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.


11 posted on 09/02/2023 6:26:17 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

They should get what they have accused others of doing.

They would think twice about filing bogus charges if they paid a toll


12 posted on 09/02/2023 6:27:36 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Rummyfan

The Issue is never the Issue, the Issue is always The Revolution.


13 posted on 09/02/2023 6:27:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
no man has ever ever admitted to rape, EVER....so who's lying?.....

oh, "she wanted it"..."she asked for it"..."oh she was dressed for it".."yeah she was drunk and unconscious but I know she wanted it"

again, there has never been a man that admitted to rape....

men are incredible liars...not the men I associate with, but the men I associate with...father, brothers, husband, son, nephews, cousins, friends, etc ...don't hate women like the usual haters and losers on FR....

14 posted on 09/02/2023 6:36:01 PM PDT by cherry
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To: EEGator

The maximum penalty for whatever they tried to frame another person for.

All liars. Every single one.


15 posted on 09/02/2023 6:36:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ealgeone

The “No Nukes” brigade was always about our nukes and not Russia’s Nukes. This was all left wing useful idiots that did not even realize they were on Russia’s side. Those at the top of this movement were well aware of what they were, they were Marxists agents of Russia that were USA citizens.


16 posted on 09/02/2023 6:37:43 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-geologist- instructor pilot-almost chemist-pharmacist-retired.)
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To: cherry

Women lie about being raped. Regret isn’t rape. Tdying to get out of trouble by claiming they were raped, isnt rape. We know its the most lied about crime. Police across the country know it. Innocent men have lost jobs freedoms and families to lies about rape. Kids have been coached by moms and lawyers to lie about sexual abuse by dad in divorce trials. Women are told to do so by their lawyers to get better legal outcomes in court.

And since you didnt read my comment well, I said ALL liars, both sexes.


17 posted on 09/02/2023 6:40:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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“Is Jazz Shaw so naive...”

Yes, unfortunately the whole HA crew are a bunch of midwits. They’ve only been bearable since they got rid of Allahpundit.

I miss Michelle quite a bit.


18 posted on 09/02/2023 6:55:07 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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“Is Jazz Shaw so naive...”

Yes, unfortunately the whole HA crew are a bunch of midwits. They’ve only been bearable since they got rid of Allahpundit.

I miss Michelle quite a bit.


19 posted on 09/02/2023 6:55:25 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: ealgeone
Hey, does anyone remember “No Nukes”? Back in the 1980s, this allegedly “grassroots” protest movement emerged as a not-very-well-disguised propaganda campaign by Democrats to hype the idea that Ronald Reagan was a dangerous warmonger who was going to provoke World War III and destroy the world in a nuclear Armageddon.

Oh yeah I remember. I seem to remember a concert, a triple-album LP set, and a movie of the concert too. As well as all the demonstrations across Western Europe protesting the fielding of cruise missiles. And how did that all work out?

20 posted on 09/02/2023 6:57:11 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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