How can you possibly claim it was “defeated” when the whole thing was individual women (and the occasional man) rising up and saying, “This happened to me too” and simply refusing to remain silent?
On the contrary, for everyone who lent their own voice to it, as well as for those who used it as the reason and means by which to effect whatever changes they personally could, it was a resounding success.
You seem to have #MeToo, a grassroots ad hoc worldwide movement without structure or leadership, confused with the US government and/or justice system. Think that over for a hot minute, lol.
Those characterizations often seem more retrospective about the weaponization of the movement. Especially with it being so extremely lopsided. As in, those who saw #MeToo as a political opportunity absolutely did. Since it wasn’t an inherently political (party) movement we all got to see it shoved through that lens.
So we Americans saw Democrats torch their own like Al Franken into resigning over a USO act while the GOP categorically defended their abusers. I am sure a similar dynamic played out across other political regimes as well.
How can you possibly claim it was “defeated” when the whole thing was individual women (and the occasional man) rising up and saying, “This happened to me too” and simply refusing to remain silent?
On the contrary, for everyone who lent their own voice to it, as well as for those who used it as the reason and means by which to effect whatever changes they personally could, it was a resounding success.
You seem to have #MeToo, a grassroots ad hoc worldwide movement without structure or leadership, confused with the US government and/or justice system. Think that over for a hot minute, lol.
Those characterizations often seem more retrospective about the weaponization of the movement. Especially with it being so extremely lopsided. As in, those who saw #MeToo as a political opportunity absolutely did. Since it wasn’t an inherently political (party) movement we all got to see it shoved through that lens.
So we Americans saw Democrats torch their own like Al Franken into resigning over a USO act while the GOP categorically defended their abusers. I am sure a similar dynamic played out across other political regimes as well.
The entire thing was political from the start. It wasn’t a grassroots movement.