The ones who are not politicians? Here's what I think: for decades, there was a norm that overlooked male politicians abuse. @JayAckroyd
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Hell, many currently serving female members of Congress have stories, which says interns and staffers must have far, far more.
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That norm held until Bill Clinton. With Bill, the GOP politicized what had long been tacitly ignored.
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That's why Larry Flynt's threats worked. He made it really clear if sexual misconduct was politicized, many male politicos would be hurt.
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Curiously, somehow Denny Hastert's sexual misconduct was excused when hetero misconduct became, briefly, politicized.
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Since Flynt, it seems the norm of ignoring heterosexual misconduct has been restored. So Trump could run "safely" in spite of years of same.
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But someone--we still don't know who leaked that tape, GOP or Dem!!--broke the norm again last week. So now what happens to others?
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Perhaps the funniest is Schwarzenegger, a known groper himself, getting credit for disavowing Trump. How does he get to do that????
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Anyway, it seems we're still at gotcha levels of response to sexual misconduct, not eliminating it even from (esp from) halls of Congress.
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This makes me wonder if there's a connection to this & Monday's "veiled" threat & Pence cancelling his fundraiser appearance.
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