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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
good opinion piece. especially for those worried about even making a joke.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/james...joke-1.4433899
An inappropriate joke by an MP is not really a #MeToo moment: Robyn Urback
James Bezan's quip was supremely dumb. But it shouldn't be conflated with the stories of chronic abuse |
That's insane. Bezan makes a dumb PG-13 joke and has to run through a HR process, take 'sensitivity training,' and apologize in front of parliament. Sure it was recommended that there be 'no disciplinary action' but I would argue that the whole process in of itself is punishment that is greatly out sized for the action. Also lol at Romanado considering herself a 'victim'. This whole moral panic cheapens the tragedy of the actual victims involved in the #metoo movement. Dumb comment and inappropriate, not worth the ink and time spent on it.
If regular, well-meaning people's everyday behavior can get caught up by the moral panic then it's clearly gone many deviations too far and has to be dialed back. Making an initial move at the end of a date is not assault, criminal, harassment, or wrong behavior at all. Pressing on after being rejected is. I won't alter my behavior one bit because of this because I don't rape, assault, harass or use power to make sexual advances. Then again I'm lucky in that I managed to get married just before the world lost it's mind the last few years.