Sexual Harassment: New Outrage, Same Old Leftists

There is something surreal in the air lately.  After decades of watching liberals be shamelessly selective and partisan in their outrage over sexual harassment and selective in whose accusations they choose to believe or to ignore, it feels as though I have awakened from a long sleep only to find myself living in a new world.  Was it really just a few short months ago that Harvey Weinstein was the Democrat Party’s best buddy and fundraiser, a smug Al Franken got his jollies interrogating Republicans, Matt Lauer was the king of the morning shows, John Conyers was an “icon” and Bill and Hillary were still the beloved patriarch and matriarch of the Democrat Party?  My, how quickly things have changed!

We’re supposed to believe that there has been some great awakening, and that women everywhere are suddenly free to expose their dark tales of sexual harassment whereas before they somehow were not.  Sure, whatever you say.

Seriously, what’s changed?  Why this sudden zeal to go after people for behaviors which the Left heretofore has long chosen to selectively overlook?  The answer is so shamefully transparent that it would embarrass normal people.  But liberals aren’t normal people and it’s been well-established that they have no shame.  The Left’s elites, women in particular, now smell political opportunity in sexual harassment.  The wind is blowing a different direction.  Time to adjust one’s “principles.”  Time to signal to the sheep that it is okay – fashionable, even – to get on board, and the sheep love nothing better than to be a part of the latest fashion.   #MeToo has been quickly adopted as the official catch slogan.  Hurry up and order your t-shirts and bumper stickers, then rub your hands together and let the shaming and the bullying begin.

If I sound cynical it’s only because I know exactly who the Left really is.  I understand both the corrupt thinking at the leadership level and the complete absence of thinking at the sheeple level that’s driving this crusade.  There will be no principles applied other than the principle of winning at any cost.  There will be no consistency, no fairness, no rationality and no reasonable perspective, because these values are of no interest to the Left.   The ultimate objective of the elites is to unseat Donald Trump and to increase the excitement and political advantage of women, assuming they’ll be Democrats of course.  The objective of the sheeple is to “make a difference,” which is why they are always so easily persuaded to hop on board the latest cause.  The sense of power a liberal gets from forcing chance – any change – is irresistibly gratifying to their giant egos.  Think of a toddler knocking over a tower of blocks and how pleased he is to discover how powerful he can be by wreaking senseless destruction.  You get the idea.

Pardon me for asking but should the Left’s political ambitions and childish obsession with “making a difference” be driving behavioral standards and policies in this country?  As satisfying as it is to see people like Al Franken and Matt Lauer suddenly and unceremoniously deprived of the power they once held, the manner in which they were dethroned doesn’t bode well for the nation.  Any elected official who has lost the support of his constituency should resign or face the wrath of the electorate, but he shouldn’t be forced out of office solely on the demands of other elected officials as this will pave the way for one party to essentially unseat another party (Hmmm.  You don’t suppose that’s where this is going, do you?).  If Matt Lauer should be fired today for behaviors that were shrugged off yesterday, what should happen to those who were doing the shrugging?  Is it right that they aren’t held to account as well?  I support company policies that prohibit sexual harassment, but the behaviors that are disallowed should be clearly defined and the rules consistently and fairly enforced.  Quite frankly unless Lauer’s contract said he could be fired for any reason at any time he should sue NBC for wrongful termination because he apparently had good reason to believe that his behavior met with the approval of management until suddenly it didn’t.  All of this is par for the course with any leftist crusade because principles never matter.

Republicans, for their part, seem unsure about how to react.  Instinctively they know that any movement spearheaded by the Left will be fraught with dangers to the principles we once held dear as Americans; but since the movement has ensnared some big democrats, the temptation is there to just go with the flow.  My advice to the GOP is not to swallow the bait.  Franken, Lauer, Weinstein, Conyers and even the Clintons are being sacrificed because the Left has bigger fish to fry, and nothing in our American values will be deemed sacred enough to preserve in their quest.  Where there should be clarity, consistency, fairness, reason and proper perspective we will instead see ambiguity, inconsistency, double standards, irrationality and tunnel vision, so it’s up to us to ensure that the response to sexual harassment follows the right path.  Within the parameters of the law, companies must be free to determine what behaviors are inappropriate in their work places, with the courts – not public opinion – to determine whether the standards are being applied fairly.  Consumers will be, and always have been, free to weigh in with their wallets, but only with their own wallets – not everyone else’s.  Voters, not bureaucrats, should decide what standards of behavior are acceptable in their candidates, not just as it applies to the treatment of the opposite sex but in all aspects of behavior, including patriotism and behaviors that smell of corruption (Hi Hillary!).  The leftists, in driving sexual harassment to the forefront of the public square, are attempting to decide for all of us that this issue matters more than anything else.  I’m here to say that the people who gave Roman Polanski a standing ovation don’t get to make that decision for me.

#Keepyourpower

~CW

P.S.

Because she made news recently for calling on Melania and Ivanka Trump to speak out on sexual harassment I searched for photos of Meryl Streep with Bill and Hillary Clinton and Harvey Weinstein to accompany this post.  I found lots of photos with a smiling Streep kissing, hugging and otherwise cuddling up to Weinstein and the Clintons, but as is usually the case such damning photos are never free to be shared (Shhhhhh….it’s a secret!).

To leave a comment please go to The Pesky Truth.  I am unable to respond to comments on Blogger.