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Garrison
Keillor of Prairie Home Companion was fired from Minnesota Public Radio on allegations
of improper behavior. MPR has severed
all ties with Keillor and will rename The Prairie Home Companion, which is now
hosted by a different MC.
An excerpt
from Huffington Post quotes Keillor:
‘in an email to MPR’s news boss Wednesday afternoon, Keillor wrote “I think the country is in the grip of a mania – the whole Franken business is an absurdity – and I wish someone [would] resist it, but I expect MPR to look out for itself, and meanwhile I feel awfully lucky to have hung on for so long.”
‘in an email to MPR’s news boss Wednesday afternoon, Keillor wrote “I think the country is in the grip of a mania – the whole Franken business is an absurdity – and I wish someone [would] resist it, but I expect MPR to look out for itself, and meanwhile I feel awfully lucky to have hung on for so long.”
There needs to be some perspective, because at some point in our lives all men are guilty; except Jesus and Gay Guys - which is probably the same category.
Setting aside the ilk of Roy Moore; there was a time when the tolerated sexual misconduct of men toward women was overlooked, and this should be brought to light. This behavior is something that should stop and end here. But it bothers me that a man who made advances toward a woman or made an inappropriate comment in the past should be painted with the same brush as Roy Moore, should lose his job, his reputation, traumatize his family, and place the stigma of his actions on his wife and children to carry into public and into the future.
This is a definitive moment in time - a change in culture; but we need to move through it without a mania for revenge.
I'm fucking old
and I am looking at this through an alpha male's eyes
Sorry
the Ol'Buzzard
The problem is that men view the workplace as their own private hunting grounds. But you know what? Women do not go to work to be hit on, groped, fondled or any other sexually suggestive thing that men feel like doing. Men who are looking for dates or sexual partners should ensure that the women they are making advances to are not colleagues or co-workers. There! Problem solved! It's so simple!
ReplyDeleteP.S. And gay men can be just as bad, if not worse, than straight men because gay male culture is highly sexualized at the best of times. See Kevin Spacey.
ReplyDeleteP.S.S. I'm not sure about Jesus, but remember that John was "the disciple that Jesus loved." Hmmmm. Intra-cult hanky panky?
shaking my head. i agree.
ReplyDeleteHere we are in the grip of a sexual counter-revolution, with stories of abuse and harassment being believed, and alleged abusers and harassers being thrown to the wolves without a trial. Whatever happened to due process - that’s what I’d like to know. Felonious assault should be reported and prosecuted, but I don't believe in hysterical mob justice.
ReplyDeleteUnlike Susan, I'm fine with some mob violence. Men, even men who may have never personally done anything pervy or misogynistic, have disbelieved victims and aided and abetted the creepers for centuries. Karma has arrived and she really is a bitch.
ReplyDeleteI am going to miss "The Writer's Almanac." I hope it returns in some form eventually.
I believe that if a woman is offended that's it and appropriate action taken. It's been male dominated world for a long time and we have to understand that women are equals.
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