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I'm sorry, I'm genuinely confused here. Harvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist that has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. As far as I understand it, that's

I'm sorry, I'm genuinely confused here. Harvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist that has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. As far as I understand it, that's not a political talking point on account of it being a quickly-verifiable fact. Is the distinction between "alleged" and "convicted" a political one? Again, not trying to start an argument or troll, but how would someone talk about this topic in a way that's "apolitical"?

jrochkind1 6y ago
oh i honestly wasn't paying attention and forgot he had been convicted already. I should not have said "alleged". But yes, I share your confusion. I don't understand how Weinstein is an example of someone who "learned that one days' popular moral action is the next's reprehensible mistake" and thus should "avoid politics". What was his "popular moral action" that became considered as a "reprehensible mistake"? I'm confused too, thus my question. Including Weinstein as an example here is extremely strange and rather disturbing.