The letters in favor of eliminating age of consent laws (then set at 15!) and in defense of convicted statutory rapists that most major French intellectuals signed in the 70s are actually an interesting point of comparison with the current brouhaha. A few random observations:
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1. That they came together around a cause that seems so grotesque today is a reminder that faddishness and cliquishness among intellectuals are nothing new or specific to the internet age, nor is the fact that this can lead them to adopt positions that seem bizarre to outsiders.
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2. That none of them were “canceled” or faced “consequences” for adopting a position that would have scandalized normies reveals that guild protections were much stronger then and that they were insulated from “accountability.” Was this better or worse? I’ll stay neutral on that.
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Guild protections were stronger - or the counterforce was weaker, and the French public less concerned about the issue then than now.
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