{"id":4955,"date":"2017-12-15T05:15:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/12\/15\/tavis-smiley-too\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T05:15:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:15:27","slug":"tavis-smiley-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/12\/15\/tavis-smiley-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Tavis Smiley Too? ‘Inappropriate’ Sexual Conduct?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The witch hunt is on and the Left eats its own.  PBS has suspended<\/a> distribution of Smiley's late-night talk show. I don't think much of Smiley's opinions, you understand, but I fear that we may end up like the Soviet Union or China under the Cultural Revolution<\/a>. Don't tell me it can't happen here; just look at the outrages that have already happened here. From the L. A. Times<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI have the utmost respect for women and celebrate the courage of those who have come forth to tell their truth,\u201d Smiley said. \u201cTo be clear, I have never groped, coerced, or exposed myself inappropriately<\/em> to any workplace colleague in my entire broadcast career, covering six networks over 30 years.\u201d [emphasis added]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If Smiley had exposed himself appropriately, then no problem?<\/span><\/p>\n

By the way, what is it about liberals that makes them use 'inappropriately' inappropriately?<\/span><\/p>\n

Whipping out your schlong in front of a female colleague is not inappropriate behavior but morally wrong behavior.  Why can't you liberal boneheads say that? Too 'judgmental'? But that's what you are doing: you are making moral judgments. Did Bubba behave 'inappropriately' with Juanita Broderick? But if Clinton had shown up at a black-tie event in a swimsuit, then you could say, appropriately, that  his behavior was inappropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n

'Inappropriate' is far too weak a word for rape and sexual intimidation. On the other hand, 'reach out' is too strong a phrase for the uses to which it is put by contemporary language morons. If I hear that your wife has suddenly died, I may 'reach out' to you in sympathy and with an offer of assistance. But if I phone you to inform you that one of your tail lights is out, I haven't 'reached out' to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, Smiley's 'tell their truth' is quite the howler. For his accusers are (at least) telling their<\/em> truth.  Truth is truth. There is no such thing as his or hers or their<\/em> truth.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The witch hunt is on and the Left eats its own.  PBS has suspended distribution of Smiley's late-night talk show. I don't think much of Smiley's opinions, you understand, but I fear that we may end up like the Soviet Union or China under the Cultural Revolution. Don't tell me it can't happen here; just … Continue reading “Tavis Smiley Too? ‘Inappropriate’ Sexual Conduct?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,163,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-matters","category-leftism-and-political-correctness","category-sex-love-lust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}