correct me if i am wrong- the anita hill moment.

[mopinko]

some people are asking if #metoo is different from the moment that anita hill pulled back the curtain. will it stick this time?

my recollection of that time is that a flood of stories ensued back then. it looked like it might be a flood that would upturn the world of politics and power.
but it died away.

i dont remember who else was outed for doing what.

but this feels like a lot the same, where more and more people were hit, but then stories became more and more ambiguous. then it died.

did the media get tired and move it off the front burner?
or did people get tired of hearing about it?
or did we get compassion overload?
or did powerful people snuff it out?

[Angry Dragon]

1. The story I remember is Biden had a group women lined up and he decided not to have them testify

[dogman]

2. Joe Biden was one of the powerful snuffers.

Now he's a hero to many. I don't think he could survive the scrutiny however.

[Ms. Toad]

3. Yes, it is different - but there are two things going on.

The #MeToo floodgates opening was remarkable in that even though it was triggered by Weinstein, largely it was not attached to specific men. The stories were easier to accept because the listener did not have to choose between believing the flood of women - or specifically accused men. I have been working in the rape crisis movement, women against violence against women, and others since the mid 70s.

I have never seen anything like the non-stop stream of #MeToo stories - and the response that was largely, "tell me more," rather than "I don't believe you," or "you're exaggerating."

What is happening simultaneously - with specific, largely powerful, men being named is more like Anita Hill or the child sexual abuse allegations in which - largely - women and children lost.

I fear the latter will overwhelm the former.

[DURHAM D]

4. This is nothing like the Anita Hill moment.

She was attacked by the media and Republicans and was not helped by Democrats. In particular Joe Biden was a total jerk and would not allow the evidence supporting her testimony for fear someone might think he had a thing against black men. He had no problem with what anyone thought about his attitude toward women, black or otherwise.


Her only support was second wave feminists and there was just not enough of us.

[BannonsLiver]

5. Were one more Mueller indictment away from it being an afterthought.

People may not like that but it’s reality.