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1. ktallett · 1790341911 · focus · HN ↗

   Considering the Epstein connections, why is it a shock that it is still happening? People in that position often feel they can do anything they want, including sexual assault. The fact so few end up being investigated is disgusting.

   1. gwbas1c · 1790343749 · focus · HN ↗

      These kinds of things constantly come out. In the 1990s, (when I was a teenager,) and these scandals happened, everyone thought "never again, it's better now."

      Then the me-too moment happened and everyone remembered the 1990s as a time where all kinds of nasty behavior was tolerated.

      Part of the problem, I suspect, is that a lot of the people involved were too young and/or not paying attention during the me-too movement.

      Can we ever figure out how to break the cycle?

      1. enoint · 1790345790 · focus · HN ↗

         I feel like Joseph McCarthy’s list of <over 200 communists in the Department of State, or whatever> is particularly noteworthy. He couldn’t have contrived that list without Roy Cohn, and Cohn is one of the founding fathers of today’s ruling party. The legislative and executive branches legitimized giving attention to dudes with a secret list.

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