Biden grasped a Cabinet official’s wife, and the photo went viral. Now, she says everyone had it wrong.
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Stephanie Carter, the wife of the former secretary of defense, Ashton B. Carter[,]… was troubled, too. But not by her interaction with the vice president, as she affirmed in a Medium essay published on Sunday. Instead, she resented how a tender moment between friends was reduced to a single misleading image, caught in the maw of online punditry. In the essay, titled “The #MeToo Story That Wasn’t Me," she recounted how the vice president had whispered his thanks into her ear and “kept his hands on my shoulders as a means of offering his support.”
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Instead of criticizing Biden, Stephanie Carter indicted the ecosystem of online outrage fed by Twitter, political punditry and late-night television.
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There is much more at the links given.
BE CAREFUL, TOO, OF FALSE EQUIVALENCIES!
A kiss on the back of the head, or a nose rub can be intrusive and awkward. With some people they can even feel like power plays. BUT THEY ARE NOT SEXUAL ASSAULT. Pretending that those are the same causes real problems for people who are working to reduce the ever-present problem of sexual assault. Now, grabbing women’s genitalia when that is not requested IS sexual assault, and bragging about it afterward and saying that celebrity makes it okay is way beyond tacky.
Apologies and increased awareness are the right ways to go, but this is NOT the same as groping, and should not be treated as such.
mr_sherman Premium Member over 4 years ago
Nothing about baby bush and Angela Merkel?
Gypsy8 over 4 years ago
This theme is way past its “best by” date. It’s no longer funny or clever.
DaBoogadie over 4 years ago
Stupid funny, but mostly stupid.
sandpiper over 4 years ago
Cheap shot.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 4 years ago
She just wants to leave feeling skin-sational.
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
Evil Trump paid off 22 women so they would not talk while he ran for president.
Some of Trump’s victims say he threatened to kill their families if they talked.
billdaviswords over 4 years ago
The “stupid” is Joe Biden
dflak over 4 years ago
Take it seriously. Investigate it. Prove or disprove it and either take appropriate action or get on with it.
Or keep on with the “bread and circuses” media hoopla. “Inquiring minds want to know.” Man eats alien and gives birth to octuplets.
SukieCrandall Premium Member over 4 years ago
About the shoulder holding image that people have misused and misrepresented:
https://medium.com/@scarterdc/the-metoo-story-that-wasnt-me-6c1d5eb1e94d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/01/biden-grasped-cabinet-officials-wife-photo-went-viral-now-she-says-everyone-had-it-wrong/?utm_term=.012db7e283ef&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
SHORT SEGMENT QUOTES
Biden grasped a Cabinet official’s wife, and the photo went viral. Now, she says everyone had it wrong.
…
Stephanie Carter, the wife of the former secretary of defense, Ashton B. Carter[,]… was troubled, too. But not by her interaction with the vice president, as she affirmed in a Medium essay published on Sunday. Instead, she resented how a tender moment between friends was reduced to a single misleading image, caught in the maw of online punditry. In the essay, titled “The #MeToo Story That Wasn’t Me," she recounted how the vice president had whispered his thanks into her ear and “kept his hands on my shoulders as a means of offering his support.”
…
Instead of criticizing Biden, Stephanie Carter indicted the ecosystem of online outrage fed by Twitter, political punditry and late-night television.
END SHORT SEGMENT QUOTES
There is much more at the links given.
BE CAREFUL, TOO, OF FALSE EQUIVALENCIES!
A kiss on the back of the head, or a nose rub can be intrusive and awkward. With some people they can even feel like power plays. BUT THEY ARE NOT SEXUAL ASSAULT. Pretending that those are the same causes real problems for people who are working to reduce the ever-present problem of sexual assault. Now, grabbing women’s genitalia when that is not requested IS sexual assault, and bragging about it afterward and saying that celebrity makes it okay is way beyond tacky.
Apologies and increased awareness are the right ways to go, but this is NOT the same as groping, and should not be treated as such.