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Originally Posted by Slava
That actually calls into question another angle on this though. I understand why the victims in these cases might not come forward until they're comfortable doing so, and I take zero issue with that. But it does make me wonder about people who "knew about this for years" or however it's phrased and yet did nothing. I'm not specifically talking about being a jerk either. If it was well-known that he or other men have been inappropriate or committed these acts, why did these people enable that behaviour and stand idly by?
And no...I don't mean that as a defence or anything of the sort. It's more of a general question not even limited to this particular case.
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Yeah, I kind of take some issue with this as well. If somebody had just stepped in and said "Hey Kent, this isn't cool. Knock it off.", then maybe a) he would have changed his behavior and been more respectful, and b) this wouldn't have been drawn out for so long.
Maybe I am just projecting how I would react to being told that I was out of line on something of that nature. I don't know what went on here though, but I kind of liken it to maybe body odor or bad breath - you're kind of nose-blind to it, and if nobody corrects you on it, you'll probably stay that way and people will just warn others not to get to close to you because your breath smells like dead rodents, instead of helping to solve the problem.