Matt Lauer

[Timothy]

I know y’all are crushed at his downfall!

It’s a long, long, long way down, ain’t it?

[TAB]

Abouy half the jokes in the joke thread are sexual harassment if said in the work place

[billt]

As much as I can't stand the guy, I don't like to see people being fired based only on accusations.

[Rastus]

New this morning is that there were pictures.

[billt]

And what's with this secret, "F*#K BUTTON" under his desk that locks his door? How did he get that request through building maintenance? Something else that stinks. Way too many people in the shadows who were playing ball with this guy.

Any guy that "needs" a secret button to lock his door, isn't because he's afraid of people catching him working too hard. Someone needs to go through the entire executive branch of that company with a chain saw.

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[jaybet]

I agree with BillT...as much as I like to see these turdbags go down, it's pretty scary how this is unfolding. One accusation and you can lose your job plus all other work, residuals, etc. All with zero due process. I know it's private industry, not the government, but it's about as anti-american as it gets.

I'm also a little suspicious of all the libitards getting called out here. I'm wondering if they're making some scapegoats, eating some of their own in order to set the precedent that Trump should step down. I wouldn't rule out some kind of plot.

I find it really funny too that the entertainment industry is so rabid about enforcing this, when EVERYONE has known for decades that THAT is how the game is played. The powerful demand skin to curry favor,
 and as much as women are victims of this, many women in that industry have also built their careers "on their backs".  It's just an amazing pile of layer upon layer upon layer of hipocracy.

[billt]

....I find it really funny too that the entertainment industry is so rabid about enforcing this, when EVERYONE has known for decades that THAT is how the game is played. The powerful demand skin to curry favor, and as much as women are victims of this, many women in that industry have also built their careers "on their backs".  It's just an amazing pile of layer upon layer upon layer of hipocracy.

Very true. The "Casting Couch" has been around long before the day they squeezed Marilyn Monroe into a tight skirt and 5" heels.

[billt]

Here is something else that stinks on ice with this whole thing. This morning Fox News is reporting that he raped a MARRIED employee in his office, until she passed out. And nothing comes out until now? So we're expected to believe this broad comes home. And when her husband asks her, "Hey honey, how did your day go"? Her replay is, "Not so good, my boss F*#KED my brains out on his desk until I passed out"..... And nothing happens?

This guy, as it turns out, is now her ex husband. Big shocker there. If this actually happened, it was because BOTH parties involved consented to it at the time. Now she's divorced, and sees $$$$$$ on the horizon. And of course she's now "traumatized" by the whole thing, that a few million will easily "cure".

This whole thing stinks worse than a fish market during a record heat wave.

[jaybet]

Interesting take on this on the Federalist today:
http://thefederalist.com/2017/11/30/sex-assault-claims-dont-prove-male-toxicity-absence-masculinity/

[crusader rabbit]

Interesting take on this on the Federalist today:
http://thefederalist.com/2017/11/30/sex-assault-claims-dont-prove-male-toxicity-absence-masculinity/

I read this article and found it to be the first accurate representation of real masculinity that I have seen in a great deal of life.

I think we have a lengthy history of societal errors that have contributed to this mess.  First, although I thoroughly enjoyed the '60s, that whole "free love" thing was simply libidinous immorality.  Sex without love/marriage is only using another person for immediate gratification. It was ungodly.  It was wrong.  But it removed the stigma of sin and legitimized immoral behavior.

Second, I think Alan Alda (of M.A.S.H. fame) did much to squelch the idea of strong masculinity in American culture.  You will recall that M.A.S.H. was the most widely watched series in virtually all demographics at the time.  Alda's insipid portrayal of "caring, crying" manhood corrupted an entire generation of young men and did much to eliminate the concept of a "John Wayne" type of hero.  What we used to call sissies became heroes.  And heroes became "toxic" males.

Third, as a nation we stopped venerating legitimate families and motherhood.  Murphy Brown (played by "feminist" Cybill Shepherd) was one of the first to choose to be an unwed mother.  And it was portrayed as if it was a legitimately correct thing to do.  That TV show legitimized illegitimacy for generations to come.

There is much more that contributed to what I see as the impending downfall of American society.  But you can form your own list of causes from your own observations. 

FWIW,
Crusader Rabbit