I posted the parent thoughts, and I think the Cosby case (and again I'm not commenting on his innocence or guilt here) is relevant to your thoughts. Cosby was

I posted the parent thoughts, and I think the Cosby case (and again I'm not commenting on his innocence or guilt here) is relevant to your thoughts. Cosby was a major role model in the 90's and arguably a major force for societal good. The bare facts of his legal journey are that a stand up comedian caused rumors about Cosby assaulting women to go viral in the initial mass use of social media era. Cosby refrained from commenting on this at that time. Multiple accusations were made which were heavily publicized internationally in great detail, tarnishing his legacy and image. Famous lawyer Allred said Cosby would need to put aside 100 million usd in compensation for his victims in 2012. multiple people came forward with claims of being drugged and raped, sometimes on multiple occasions, by Cosby. Allred attempted to bring 12 cases to court but only one, Andrea Consand, was allowed by the courts. There was a mistrial and then another trial which Allred won for Consand. several of the other accusers - who couldn't sue anyway due to to expired statutes - had their recollections misproven by the Cosby defense with no subsequent action taken for defamation. Cosby was of course jailed. The broader effect of all this was arguably a trial by media, the destruction of Cosby and his businesses, and presumably costly compensation for Allred and Constand to come. Cosby was worth 350 million USD at his peak, tried to buy NBC TV in 2012 and wasn't afraid to say what he thought. He has enemies. He was rich enough to pay for depraved sex every day of his life if he so chose. Cosby may well be insane and illogically chose to drug and rape women, risking everything and losing. That is not my point. If someone who has 350m can be destroyed in the media over multiple years based on accusations, where does that leave the rest of us? what defense do we have if a predatory past acquaintance publicly accuses us of sexual assault? It seems we have no rights and little entitlement to presumed innocence- and as you rightly point out once you add politics into the mix weaponized sex appears to be an attack we are defenseless against.