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When an authority asks, they're not really asking, they're telling.

by archsurface 4y ago

anoonmoose 4y ago
Then Twitter should not only make that claim, but sue!
- dusing 4y ago
  The point is they didn’t complain because they were aligned with the people asking them to handle, and they also handled it real quick, not stand tos report flow for sure.
cloutchaser 4y ago
Funny you’re getting downvoted, yet this was the entire reason for the metoo movement.
- ethanbond 4y ago
  Huh? Me Too was triggered by Weinstein which was very, very far from “someone in authority asked and I said yes.” So no, it’s not “the entire reason.”
  - cloutchaser 4y ago
    There are maybe 1-2 reports of Weinstein using actual force for rape. For the other 2000 or more women, it was exactly what you say, he asked, and they had to say yes (to get anywhere)
    - ethanbond 4y ago
      There are eighteen separate allegations of rape (separate from coerced “consent”) What a weird thing to try to nitpick. There are plenty of shakier instances of takedowns by Me Too. Weinstein isn’t one of them and they’re not “the entire reason” for the movement.
      - cloutchaser 4y ago
        What are you even on about in terms of this discussion? Are you saying the metoo movement was about physical aggressive rape of women? Because it’s not. It’s about those in power exploiting their power for sex. And how is that done? Mostly by soft power, which you can’t say no to. Which is the whole premise of the parent comment.
        ModernMech 4y ago
        > Mostly by soft power, which you can’t say no to. Which is the whole premise of the parent comment. I think the point is that Twitter, a multibillion corporation run by rich, powerful, and well-connected people, isn’t in the same position w.r.t. the government as fledgeling starlets were against Weinstein. Twitter could have said no, and they would have been fine; they are protected from the government by the Constitution. Twitter has tons of money, and could easily file a lawsuit or defend one as well.
archsurface 4y ago
Downvotes for such a simple truth - this is why the police shoot.

When an authority asks, they're not really asking, they're telling.

anoonmoose 4y ago

Then Twitter should not only make that claim, but sue!

dusing 4y ago
The point is they didn’t complain because they were aligned with the people asking them to handle, and they also handled it real quick, not stand tos report flow for sure.

cloutchaser 4y ago

Funny you’re getting downvoted, yet this was the entire reason for the metoo movement.

ethanbond 4y ago
Huh? Me Too was triggered by Weinstein which was very, very far from “someone in authority asked and I said yes.” So no, it’s not “the entire reason.”
- cloutchaser 4y ago
  There are maybe 1-2 reports of Weinstein using actual force for rape. For the other 2000 or more women, it was exactly what you say, he asked, and they had to say yes (to get anywhere)
  - ethanbond 4y ago
    There are eighteen separate allegations of rape (separate from coerced “consent”) What a weird thing to try to nitpick. There are plenty of shakier instances of takedowns by Me Too. Weinstein isn’t one of them and they’re not “the entire reason” for the movement.
    - cloutchaser 4y ago
      What are you even on about in terms of this discussion? Are you saying the metoo movement was about physical aggressive rape of women? Because it’s not. It’s about those in power exploiting their power for sex. And how is that done? Mostly by soft power, which you can’t say no to. Which is the whole premise of the parent comment.
      - ModernMech 4y ago
        > Mostly by soft power, which you can’t say no to. Which is the whole premise of the parent comment. I think the point is that Twitter, a multibillion corporation run by rich, powerful, and well-connected people, isn’t in the same position w.r.t. the government as fledgeling starlets were against Weinstein. Twitter could have said no, and they would have been fine; they are protected from the government by the Constitution. Twitter has tons of money, and could easily file a lawsuit or defend one as well.

archsurface 4y ago

Downvotes for such a simple truth - this is why the police shoot.