From #OccupyWallStreet to #BlackLivesMatter to #MeToo, Twitter is now recognized as an important medium of progressive activism. But while hashtags may be the quickest way for anyone to tap into the turbulent and frenetic world of online social justice discourse, their record for building the sort of institutions that can build popular power is an unbroken pattern of defeat.
What he did was definitely predatory though, like people seem to have this completely warped memory of what was actually alleged. He did more than just jack off while on the phone with a female comedian (as if that isn't bad enough on its own).
Aziz Ansari, maybe. He got "#MeToo"'d in an article, but the article was (IMO) really tame. She went on a date with him, he was kind of pushy but (from what I remember of the article) he didn't really "rape" her. She went along with the sexual encounter and then the morning after felt icky about it. Which is valid, but I don't know if that's "#MeToo" level.
Aziz sounded more socially awkward and not really too comfortable with women to me from the article than anything.
Who are the harmless perverts she's referring to?
I think she really misses Louis C.K
What he did was definitely predatory though, like people seem to have this completely warped memory of what was actually alleged. He did more than just jack off while on the phone with a female comedian (as if that isn't bad enough on its own).
Al Franken, maybe?
Aziz Ansari, maybe. He got "#MeToo"'d in an article, but the article was (IMO) really tame. She went on a date with him, he was kind of pushy but (from what I remember of the article) he didn't really "rape" her. She went along with the sexual encounter and then the morning after felt icky about it. Which is valid, but I don't know if that's "#MeToo" level.
Aziz sounded more socially awkward and not really too comfortable with women to me from the article than anything.