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Old 12-01-2018, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by eweissenbach View Post
You are right Bucco, one station is not a movement, however it got picked up by the national press and that makes it a symbol of the "movement". It therefore becomes symbolic of the aims of the movement and gives critics of the movement an opportunity to justifiably mock the movement itself. I support the MeToo movement to the extent it demands that people be aware of sexual misconduct and exposes legitimate cases of that misconduct. My point is that trivial things like this get publicity and give fuel to people who would be inclined to mock the movement.
Yet, here we are...a thread started and over 30 responses. A network devoted over half of their prime time, and those who chose not to deem it important labeled as phoneys