Why Harvey Weinstein Matters

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By Douglas V. Gibbs

If someone on the Republican side of the aisle is accused of inappropriate sexual advances or activity, their career ends.  Fox News personalities have been dropping off like flies.  GOP politicians are excoriated and then vanish from the face of the Earth.

Not so much, when it comes to lefties.

The liberal left Marxists circle the wagons, question what the definition of is, is. . . and then all is forgiven or forgotten (especially if your are a Clinton, or a Kennedy), and often the person gets a step up.  If the offense is egregious enough, then they are abandoned, but their existence is so forgotten, that even the public forgets who the perpetrator was.  Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and numerous others killed people, or received sexual favors in the Oval Office, and then all was forgiven, and somehow the fault fell into the Republican Party’s lap for daring to make a big deal about it.

This time, a hard left guy might not get off so easy, and it’s happening while the liberal left’s image is already in trouble.

Enter, stage left, entertainment industry giant Harvey Weinstein.

Harvey Weinstein, the Miramax monster, wasn’t exposed for the rest of us to see until he resigned.  Then, people like Meryl Streep, announced who the man really is.  She said she was appalled at Harvey, and then once he was down, a barrage of actresses added their condemnations.