First off, I rebutted your argument that the movement is particularly amorphous or "diluted" in my last post. You can ignore my rebuttal for any reason you care to forward but until you do offer a challenge to my rebuttal, it stands. So at this point the notion that the MeToo movement is too amorphous has been rebutted. And the quotes from your article (which I should point out is an editorial, not a news article) in no way support the position that there is a backlash due to MeToo being too amorphous or going too far.
Just because people are engaging in some form of backlash does not support that they are engaging in it for any particular reason and therefore backlash, in and of itself, shows no flaw against a movement. There was a clear backlash against the Civil Rights movement in the 60s with some very extreme actions, including murder. And no one suggests that this backlash was due to legitimate flaws in the civil rights movement.
Likewise just pointing to a backlash against MeToo in no way supports that MeToo is flawed in any particular way. To me, it sounds like sheer paranoia to be afraid to be left alone in a room with a woman for fear of an accusation of sexual harassment despite doing absolutely nothing wrong. It's not reasonable to blame MeToo if certain men overreact to women reporting very legitimate instances of sexual harassment and assault. Since I'm not prone to overreaction and I don't sexually harass women, I'm not afraid to be alone with a women in a business setting.
And so what? So you managed to find a quote from someone bad-mouthing MeToo?
And the criticism is clearly wrong about not parsing the difference. Charlie Rose was not accused of rape nor has suffered the consequences that a rapist would suffer. So obviously there is a clear, recognizable difference. So what someone, who has their own opinion, wants to blather on about doesn't support anything.
When someone shows an example of someone receiving a rapist's punishment for mere sexual harassment, then I will say that evidence has been forwarded that MeToo does not differentiate between the two.
No it doesn't. It's just someone bad-mouthing MeToo without providing any evidence to back up her position. Going by that, I just need to find someone, anyone really, saying great things about MeToo to support that it's the best thing ever.
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