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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jon Stewart admits he laughed off the question.

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/jon-stewart-stunned-by-louis-ck-sexual-misconduct-scandal-w511733?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=111417_12

Maybe the absurd PP defending Stewart will STFU now. [/quote]

I was just coming to post this.  I think the following from the piece addresses a lot of the questions/points on this thread:

Stewart claimed he first heard about allegations of harassment against Louis C.K. during a taping of David Axelrod's podcast The Axe Files in May of 2016. "I hadn't heard, at that point, at any of it," Stewart remembered. "[An audience member] said, 'what do you think about the allegations against Louis C.K.?' My first response, was, 'what?' And then, joke, joke. As he kept going, I was like, 'look, I know this is very serious, he's always been a gentleman to me' – which speaks again to the blindness that I think a man has. 'Hey, he's a good guy, what are you talking about?'"

Stewart said that following the podcast taping, he "dug around" to determine if there was any truth behind the audience member's question. "We were all assured, like, 'no,' and we took somebody's word for it," Stewart continued. "And maybe that's an error on our part … [Sexual harassment] is another endemic, system problem that we haven't had the urgency for, certainly myself included. I hope it changes."[/quote]

I dont believe he had never heard of the abuse allegations.  Even if that was the first time though, if someone asked me whether someone I knew had sexually abused a person, my reaction wouldnt be laughter.  I would be like "What?  Can you tell me what's happening?"  He didn't look curious at all, just dismissed it out of hand.  That adds to my feeling he already knew- he didnt look shocked by any of it, more like annoyed that he was being questioned about it.  Regardless, his reaction was completely inappropriate, and I'm not sure an apology is enough.[/quote]

Then what would be enough?  It isn't as if he can go back in time and do more, and it probably won't happen again in his lifetime.    [/quote]

The only thing he could do to possibly salvage this would be to actually advocate for men and campaign against and condemn male abusers.  But even that... it might be too little too late.[/quote]

That would be great if he did.  Simultaneously, I hope you're much more forgiving of other human failures IRL.  [/quote]

Because the obligation is on women to constantly be forgiving and nurturing, even when violence is done against them. [/quote]

No, APART from the male-female dynamic, YOUR life would be harder by being so exacting that one transgression ruins another person for life.  For example, you would divorce your spouse over one fight otherwise.  Write off your children over one tantrum beyond the age when they should have them.  Stop being friends with anyone who made an insensitive remark.  [/quote]

On certain transgressions, it's very important to let a transgression ruin a person for life.  Such as dismissing sexual violence and harassment.  And that's a line I'm more than happy to have drawn. [/quote]

OMG.  Sanctimonious and self-righteous isn't even the tip of the iceberg here.  Your poor spouse.  Or, do you have a spouse?  I can't imagine someone trying to live up to your exacting standards.[/quote]

Way to deflect the attention from the sexual abuse.  Nice try, Ronald. [/quote]

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