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I'm pretty sure ostracizing sex criminals was common place before 2016.

• exolymph 4y ago
  Elite* social norms are different, not always in a good way. Consider the many illustrious defenders of Roman Polanski. *I know this word gets overused but here it is apropos.
  • version_five 4y ago
    Or they (elite social norms) are just more public. It's easy to hate on public figures for their transgressions. If it's friends or family members, there's probably more nuance. But we judge looking in from the outside. The guy was obviously super questionable in his business dealings, and an active sex offender - but I think that's in hindsight, and a lot of the dealings are more a question of people getting taken in by a professional confidence man than anything else.