I've written in the past about Sally Kohn, the CNN commentator who never met a liberal position she didn't like. In Kohn's world, everything bad is the fault of President Trump and the Republicans, while everything good is the result of an enlightened government. I read her latest column, though, and it got me to wondering whether Kohn even thinks about what she says before she speaks. In today's column, Kohn explains that Harvey Weinstein's fall from grace is the result of President Trump and rage his election created. Kohn says that Hollywood now cares about sexual abuse because President Trump was accused of sexual abuse and it heightened the entertainment industry's concern about the topic.
Think about that. Harvey Weinstein has been a sexual abuser, and even an alleged rapist for at least the last 25 years in Hollywood. Kohn says that no one cared enough about the subject to come forward until now. Forget the Trump part for the moment, what does this say about these paragon of liberal politics and their supposed support for women's rights? They went for more than two decades tolerating an alleged serial rapist because he was rich and powerful? Oh, and they did it also because he was one of them and a Democrat? If an average Republican mayor or state legislator had done anything like that, they would have gone berserk. But from their Harvey anything could be tolerated. Then came President Trump. During the campaign, women came forward to make allegations against him that upon examination did not pan out. Kohn says that was enough to change Hollywood so that Weinstein's downfall was inevitable. She ignores that Weinstein's company was having financial problems and that his pictures were not doing at all well anymore. As Harvey's power and riches were waning, suddenly some in Tinseltown got the courage to step forward.
Don't get me wrong. I applaud the women who have stepped forward to unmask Weinstein for their courage. I just don't think their actions had anything to do with the 2016 election.
The point here, though, is that Kohn and her attack on Trump is actually condemning Hollywood's elites as hypocrites. They made public service announcements and held gala parties to "support" women, but they wouldn't even talk about the rapists and sexual abusers in their midst. Again, I wonder if she thought through her idea before she wrote this.
Think about that. Harvey Weinstein has been a sexual abuser, and even an alleged rapist for at least the last 25 years in Hollywood. Kohn says that no one cared enough about the subject to come forward until now. Forget the Trump part for the moment, what does this say about these paragon of liberal politics and their supposed support for women's rights? They went for more than two decades tolerating an alleged serial rapist because he was rich and powerful? Oh, and they did it also because he was one of them and a Democrat? If an average Republican mayor or state legislator had done anything like that, they would have gone berserk. But from their Harvey anything could be tolerated. Then came President Trump. During the campaign, women came forward to make allegations against him that upon examination did not pan out. Kohn says that was enough to change Hollywood so that Weinstein's downfall was inevitable. She ignores that Weinstein's company was having financial problems and that his pictures were not doing at all well anymore. As Harvey's power and riches were waning, suddenly some in Tinseltown got the courage to step forward.
Don't get me wrong. I applaud the women who have stepped forward to unmask Weinstein for their courage. I just don't think their actions had anything to do with the 2016 election.
The point here, though, is that Kohn and her attack on Trump is actually condemning Hollywood's elites as hypocrites. They made public service announcements and held gala parties to "support" women, but they wouldn't even talk about the rapists and sexual abusers in their midst. Again, I wonder if she thought through her idea before she wrote this.
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