Hollywood and Harvey Weinstein

I hate Hollywood. The whole controversy over the Harvey Weinstein scandal is a perfect example why I hate Hollywood. A few dozen women have accused him of sexually assaulting them in various manners ranging from dirty talk to accusations of rape.

None of them came forward over the years because they didn’t want their accusations to impact their careers negatively. They all took the crumbs that Weinstein threw at them in the form of acting jobs, though, so I doubt their sincerity when they claim injury.

Now that the dam has burst, they’ve all come out, and they’re being called brave. It’s actually a case of “Me, too-ism” rather than bravery. Even the communist traitor Jane Fonda says that she knew about it, and she feels guilty that she didn’t mention it before.

Yeah, it’s not brave decades after the assaults happened. People like Weinstein only have power over their victims if the victims allow him to have power over them, and that’s what they did when they didn’t make their accusations years ago. Now it’s just so much noise.

I can’t identify with Weinstein’s apparent need to force himself on women. I’ve always allowed women to “make the first move”. Even my wife had to move on me first, in that elevator 41 years ago. But, you know if that first woman that Weinstein defiled years ago had the intestinal fortitude to put a stop to it, maybe he wouldn’t have done it all those times since.

But now it’s fashionable for women to come forward – like everything else in Hollywood. Hillary Clinton, the great feminist warrior, took days to come forward with a statement condemning Weinstein’s behavior – only because it’s become fashionable. She’s not returning his money, but she’ll “tithe” 10% of her income to charities – her income, not her campaign donations that Weinstein made to her.

I was going to boycott Weinstein productions in protest, but it seems that I’ve been doing that already. Looking at the list of movies that he’s produced, I’ve only seen two of his movies, so I guess I won’t be putting a dent in his income with my boycott.

Yesterday, it was reported that British police and US law enforcement are conducting investigations into the allegations against Harv, but I don’t have high hopes.

The late night shows have been avoiding the controversy, but South Park took a single shot at Weinstein last night while they were going after Facebook and fake news.

Hollywood can’t even say a cross word about Roman Polanski, the child-rapist, 40 years later, I doubt they’ll ever really hate that pudgy little turd Weinstein enough to make fun of him. Ben and Casey Affleck and Oliver Stone have been accused of similar behavior, but I’m sure they’re just the tip of the iceberg.

Corey Feldman is reported to have “blown the cover” off of Hollywood’s pedophilia habits, but even he won’t name names this long after the crimes. He’s only scratching at the pedophiles’ doors, not “blowing covers” off of anything.

They only have power over you, if you let them.

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