pushing back

In a discussion elsewhere the conversation turned, as so often, to the possibility of some kind of pushback against the excesses of Wokeism and SJWism.

In my view one area in which there might well be a major pushback is #metoo-ism. The #metoo thing is not just targeting Evil White Men. Every single man, black or white, liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, Jew or Gentile, is a potential target.

There are a lot of rich liberal men who are very nervous at the moment. They could get fed up and start pushing back.

It has now become obvious that if you’re a man and you’re accused of a crime involving sex then you have zero chance of a fair trial. Whatever your race or religion or political alignment, you still have zero chance of a fair trial.

I’m sure that some of the men who’ve been #metoo’d have been guilty, but I think it’s very obvious that many have been entirely innocent, or at worst have been guilty of misbehaviour so trivial that it should not be a matter for the law.

If the current Cosby fiasco discredits #metoo then that’s a very very good thing. And an opportunity to inflict a genuine defeat on the Cultural Left.

Even some liberal women must be getting concerned at the prospect of seeing husbands (or fathers or sons) destroyed by insane and malicious accusations. And destroyed by ambitious and cynical prosecutors.