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(56,521 posts)You act like there is something radical about that. There isn't, not in this audience. You are using that to deflect from your insistence that Cosby not be called a rapist, despite the mountain of evidence against him. The only lives that matter are not those of the powerful, rich and famous. Rape victims also matter, the billion women on this earth who are raped in their lifetime. You insist on keeping the focus on the lives of great men and working furiously to distract from an issue that wreaks havoc in the lives of a billion women across this planet. How could their lives possibly matter compared to the rich and powerful? First Assange, now Cosby. The more you dissemble, the more you expose yourself. It is not enough to care about great men. The people matter, women matter. As you furiously work to distract attention toward the rich and powerful, you show precisely where your concerns lie. That might have passed for leftism a half century ago, but no longer. A top down view of politics that focuses on great men belongs to the 19th century. The Civil Rights movement, women's movements, and the development of social and cultural history means that leftists must concern themselves with the many, not simply the rich and famous.
Will you stand up for the oppressed, or are you too wedded to the great man view of politics to care about anything else?
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