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Saturday, November 18, 2017

More Concern = More Need For Nuanced Responses

There has been a slew of accounts of sexual abuse of some sort (including a "#MeToo" campaign) and the Al Franken news suggests a need to balance accounts, some from some time back. For instance, he apologized for the photo, and it was wrong (and stupid), but a crude pose is different than groping her while asleep. Ditto the dispute over the bit. This includes looking at his history as a whole as well as other accounts including things said behind the scenes. Cf. Roy Moore. Or, various celebrity wrongdoers. A few "got to resign" comments lack perspective. Wrong doesn't mean a "nuclear option" response in each case.

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