When #MeToo Went on Trial

This is a great movement but it is going by it the wrong way. I also believe that waiting 30-40 years is also not acceptable. I think after 10-20 years is okay. I feel this way because one does have to go to therapy for the psychological damage; which takes time. Also, finally getting to the courage to confront is another thing. However, why wait until everyone is successful to then make these accusations? I know what I am talking about due to personal experience. However, I do also agree with the men that get accused and they really done nothing wrong. If the evidence has pointed that the individual has not done anything then I think the accuser should be held accountable. Personally, I think the #metoo movement , in some cases, encourages people to ask for money instead of justice. I also believe that the individuals that really has had this happen to still will not come out. They will just go on with their daily lives especially if they have faced the situation in a more mental way instead of the physical. I will end with this; People cannot look at this particular subject in just black & white. They have to get all the facts and evidence. I think the New York Times does this and people do not like people who are neutralists. Meaning they look at facts before choosing a side. In today's world, people are pressured into picking sides when they know the truth.

Besides ridiculously biased testimony recounting absurd accusations intended to destroy a grown man's life and prevent a threat to Roe v Wade...nothing much to see here.

Usually love the Daily, but not into this episode: a detailed retrospective about a still perfectly memorable event I'd rather forget, containing no new information... no perspective insightful or unusual enough to justify the rehash... particularly grating when there is so much current news. The passing of a year alone does not justify retelling a story.

I'm amazed that "false memory" was never raised in the hearings. Of course the Republicans and Democrats went out of their way to appear even handed and fair to Dr. Ford. It should be noted that one of Dr. Ford's witnesses, Leland Keyser, now has doubts about the validity of Dr. Ford's testimony. And of course the Time's recent allegations against Kavanaugh fell apart when the accuser refused to comment and said she did not remember the accusation.

So, it was never about the truth. I’m shocked.

On October 10, 2017, posting here on the Times website, I called for a “me too” movement of victims of sexual predation in Hollywood in a comment to a piece by Lena Dunham titled ‘Harvey Weinstein and the Silence of the Men.’ Five days later, Alyssa Milano repeated that idea, amplifying it with her celebrity, in a now historic tweet calling for a #metoo response from victims of sexual misconduct. That #MeToo resonated far beyond Hollywood is a testament to how badly needed a corrective it was. I don’t think I’ll ever fully process what my simple two-word suggestion came to represent for victims everywhere. But while #MeToo continues to change the world, it is incumbent upon me to reassert that Hollywood is still ground zero for workplace sexual misconduct. And so my focus and my thought process stays fixated on Hollywood. #MeToo began life as an effort to demonstrate just how widespread the problem of sexual misconduct is in the entertainment industry. I must say I find it troublesome that it so quickly morphed into a weapon to be used against Hollywood’s own traditional political enemies and tainted by its deployment in age-old partisan political battles. The #metoo I envisioned was only the beginning of a push for an industry long known as the epicenter of workplace sexual predation to finally clean up its act and that laws might be tailored anew to meet the challenges of protecting otherwise powerless women and children working in such an all-powerful industry.

I find the story of today’s the daily regarding the me too movement - dispointing - it’s lacking a message and real narrative. In compare to the wonderful journalism of the daily it’s everything about journalism makes media at time compiling a piece of gossip into a fact based openion. There is truth about the mistreatment of women - and that needs change in every sector in our society - but there is a distortion in accusing men for inappropriate behavior where any gossip become a fact. And the fact that the media is not really looking at some of these stories (like Senator Al Franken’s) doesn’t contribute to a real debate.