Meanwhile In Our World...
As this commentator had
sadly and disgustedly predicted, Brett Kavanagh is now a member of
the United States Supreme Court. As
equally predicted, this was a close vote along purely partisan lines.
The Trump Cult have created this delusional fantasy world
that they have propped up that says that Kavanaugh was some virginal innocent
that was victimized by cruel, cruel lies told by vindictive, evil liberal women
propped up by George Soros as some sort of revenge for his part in the
impeachment of President Clinton twenty years ago. They demand proof that they know could not
exist from the 1980’s, and demand to know why his accusers have been silent for
so long.
This appalling gang of ignorant, arrogant, self-righteous,
know-absolutely-nothings that have disgraced their species refuse to accept the
reason why someone like Christine Blasey-Ford would keep silent for thirty-plus
years and did not want to come forward quickly or openly and was finally
compelled to. Nor would they want to
accept the reality even if it jumped them from behind and pinned them to a bed
and covered their mouths like it had happened with her.
So for those of you who were not even alive back in those
years, I’ll tell you the truth.
The truth is that in the 1980’s, when you had a teenage
girl-slash-young woman who was assaulted and the alleged perpetrators were not
some strangers in a dark alleyway, and she dared speak of it to anyone in
authority, be it a police officer, a teacher, a guidance counselor, or even a
parent, she was told by that person in authority to shut up and let it go. Her every action and even what she wore would
be called into suspect. Because that person
in authority was more concerned about the elite prep school boys and their rich
parents and their high-priced attorneys and the supposed “reputation” of said
elite institution than in the word of a young girl who, in their minds, was
“probably at fault” or blew things “out of proportion”.
Yes, in the time when “greed is good” was the mantra and the
public policy, that was the harsh truth when it came to young women versus predators
in rich stuffy institutions. It was
always their “reputation” and their “image” over her word. That is how it was in the real world. Hell, we’re seeing that even today.
But I don’t suppose that the sociopaths that occupy the
United States Senate and the House of Representatives would understand
that. After all, many of them came from
those rich stuffy institutions. They’ve
had the luxury of living in delusions of their own creation where they can do
no wrong and any accusation made against them are lies.
Meanwhile in our world… employers are currently going
through the social media of their prospective employees looking for past photos
of them drunk or drugged or naked and judging them for what they may have done
years before. A whole cottage industry
has been created to supposedly “clean up” bad reviews or improper images of
their clients. Because people have found
out that if they’re looking for work, their potential employers can deny them
even the most mundane of positions because of something they did a long time
ago. There is no “presumption of
innocence” in the private sector. There
is no “boys will be boys” or “girls will be girls” or “I was young and stupid”.
You’re just guilty and damned.
Guilty and damned.
But… we’re not supposed to judge stuffy rich elitist
conservatives for the things they may have done when they were young. No, they’re put on pedestals, and daring to “besmirch
their honor” is a crime worthy of death threats.
Meanwhile in our world… Hollywood executives and actors and
comedians are out of work for their past predatory behavior. Al Franken was hounded out of the Senate for
something he did in the past. Off-color
jokes and bad comments are plaguing men.
And there’s no allowing for any of these people to “return”. They are forever stained and forever barred
from earning a living anymore. If they dare
show up someplace, they’re hounded back into hiding.
But... we’re not supposed to go after stuffy rich elitist
conservatives for things they’ve said in the past. And doubly-so for the current President of
the United States. You know, the one
that bragged about grabbing women by their genitals and was still given a pass.
Let’s get brutally honest here... I’m making these points
after-the-fact because they need to be exposed.
We are living in a double-standard sustained by arrogance, ignorance,
and self-righteousness. The perpetrators
of this double standard know better, or at the very least they should. The fact that they are holding themselves and
their brethren to that double standard not only perpetrates the very injustices
being committed to the rest of us, but it further divides the supposed “United”
States into tribalistic extremes.
The damage has already been done with Brett Kavanaugh. We can either hold the next Brett Kavanaugh
to the same standards the rest of us have to be held to, or we all can be held
to his. Take your pick.
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