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We might want to consider the reality that until MEN wanted to take #HarveyWeinstein down, nothing was done about his serial sexual assault.
We might also consider men have NOT wanted to take down #BillCosby,RomanPolanski(that 13yr old was raped at Jack Nicholson's) or WoodyAllen.
#CourtneyLove spoke out about #HarveyWeinsten in 2005 but was dismissed as a crazy lady b/c of her drug issues. Abuse victims self-medicate.
It's been reported that in 2004 Matt Damon & Russell Crowe, who both won Oscars via Weinstein,worked to kill a story about the sexual abuse.
#HarveyWeinsten did more to build Hollywood than anyone since Louis B. Mayer. It wasn't until men were done with him that the story broke.
#HsrveyWeinstein claimed Hollywood culture supported his actions.Cosby, Polanski & Allen prove there was.The Afflecks are a new gen of same.
There shouldn't be a "we like thus guy so we'll work with him, even though he rapes children" culture.
When Sect of State Hillary Clinton tried to extradite Polanski, the outrage from Hollywood--including from women--was immense. Take that in.
People said he'd "suffered enough." How? Living in 3 homes in France, the Riviera & Gstaad while making films was suffering?
If you wouldn't excuse the guy down the street for sexual assault, don't excuse powerful men like Weinstein, Cosby, Polanski, Allen & Trump.
#MelGibson, a Holocaust denier, was arrested,went on an antiSemitic & racist rant,then beat his pregnant GF. He still got another Oscar nom.
Whoopi Goldberg, who famously claimed Polanski didn't "rape rape" the 13yr old he drugged, sodomized & raped, said Gibson wasn't a racist.
The fact is, we as a society give some men a pass for crimes others would go to prison for. That's what #rapeculture is: collaboration.
Why are studios still giving Louis CK shows? Why is he still a frequent late night guest? How many women comedians have to come forward?
"But he's so funny & he has good politics" isn't good enough for any woman who's been a victim.
Where do we draw the line? Why do we imply by our disbelief & disregard that some women--Trump's or Cosby's victims--are expendable?
That's my rant as someone who was nearly killed by a serial rapist because police didn't warn women because my neighborhood was expendable.
Many people supported #RomanPolanski WHO WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING A 13YR OLD including #HarveyWeinstein & #WoodyAllen. 
