The Public is Turning on the MeeToo Movement
I’ve been saying this from the first moment that this all started. We have due process and a legal system. You need to arbitrate these disputes within that framework or everything falls apart. And if the laws aren’t well designed to do it, you need to change the laws. Going outside the law isn’t going to make things better. It seems, many other people are starting to realise this, too.
“The court of public opinion is an angry mob; a court of law is a jury of your peers. The latter requires evidence, a burden of proof, and a presumption of innocence, while the former often conflates an accusation with a conviction. In the height of the #MeToo era, these were all lacking and over a long enough timeline, Americans – men and women alike – begun to realize and eventually rebel against this.”
“The novelty of the #MeToo movement and fear of guilt through mere accusation is over,” he said. “The public is now as sensitive to abusive extortion tactics by incredible opportunists as it is to legitimate claims by real victims. The courts and juries have maintained the status quo and been the true arbiter in deciding sex crimes, staving off and being unaffected by knee-jerk public reaction.”