#MeToo isn’t finished with destroying innocent lives
by Laura Perrins, The Conservative Woman:
Brendan O’Neill, in an excellent piece, talks about the forgotten victims of #MeToo.
Jill Messick worked for Harvey Weinstein’s company Miramax between 1997 and 2003 and was manager for Rose McGowan in the late 1990s. She was misrepresented and dragged into the Weinstein scandal, after which she took her own life. Then there was Carl Sargeant, the Welsh Labour MP who killed himself in November after he was suspended from his political posts when allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him – allegations he wasn’t even given information about.
We should not be surprised that these victims of #MeToo have been forgotten. Feminists in the US have openly stated that they do not care if innocent men lose their jobs and reputations in this crusade – it will be a price worth paying. Emily Lindin announced: ‘Here’s an unpopular opinion: I’m actually not at all concerned about innocent men losing their jobs over false sexual assault/harassment allegations.’ Clearly, this is a movement devoid of morality or any sense of proportion.
O’Neill tells us, ‘This is what happens when you unleash a witch-hunt, when you create a climate in which individuals can be destroyed by accusation: you destroy people’s lives. #MeToo has to stop. It is now a wholly destructive force.’
I share his concerns but I fear this is only the beginning of #MeToo. It has the backing of Hollywood, many politicians, the media and soon corporations will probably adorn their brands with the hashtag like they love to fly the rainbow flag.
No, #MeToo is too seductive to go anywhere any time soon. Every allegation is about power and sex, or the sense of sex. And what paper can resist reporting on sex and power? Usually, there is money in the mix – like the Presidents Club. Sex, money, power – the holy trinity.
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