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Originally Posted by DrPhil
No one is rallying behind her. We are rallying behind the structural dynamic. It does not matter whether it is she or someone else and it doesn't matter whether or not the target of the perceived harassment feels harassed.
To see the larger point using an extreme example:
Similar can be said for Emmitt Till. What the hell was that Black boy from Chicago doing whistling (he probably did it) at a white woman? Even a 14 yo from Chicago knows better than that. Dumbass. Does that mean that he deserved what he received, he shouldn't have been rallied behind, and we have to lose the larger point because of him, specifically?
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Exactly which is why most free thinkers are saying she didn't deserve what happened to her.
The reason why your extreme example doesn't work is because unlike the Emmitt Till situation, violence did not occur. A better comparison would have been if Emmitt Till whistled at a white woman, and he was told shut your **** up."
Or if she went into the locker room dressed as she did and was attacked physically, and somebody claiming she deserved it because she dressed that way.
Yes at the end of the day, they are supposed to have enough maturity to not react to her like that. At the same time though she "knew" what type of reaction she would get dressed that way, her television station knew what type of reaction she would get. They wanted it, and when she got it, after it was pointed out by another reporter, then she has an issue.
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