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I'm very glad that they didn't go with "Person of the Year: #MeToo" and instead opted to create this exclusive group of "Silence Breakers". It strikes me as ve
by tenpies 9y ago
I'm very glad that they didn't go with "Person of the Year: #MeToo" and instead opted to create this exclusive group of "Silence Breakers". It strikes me as very important to separate these accounts from a hashtag which can be used by anyone for anything.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoSame, the most I caught in the news about #MeToo was about the accused men, their excuses, their sudden admission that they were definitely gay to try and distract from the accusation they were pedophiles. That's the association I have with that hashtag, not the people - mostly women - that came forward with it after keeping relatively silent for years.
- iagooar 9y agoWhy is that important to you? Genuinely curious.
- mcgannon2007 9y agoI think it makes it more concrete to have actual victims talking about specifics of their incidents and then applying those to the bigger picture. A hashtag movement is much more abstract and harder for readers to connect to, which would be less powerful and do a lesser job of getting the message across.