Character Counts, But Only for Some

We are now firmly entrenched in the age of sexual outrage, with story after story, and condemnation after condemnation coming from the very same people who for years not only turned a blind eye to the allegations of abuse and assault coming from victims of politicians of their party, but actively engaged in the vilification of those victims.

With the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton in 1998 we clearly saw the battle ground laid out with one side arguing that character mattered and the other side saying it didn’t.

Now here we are, almost twenty years later and that same battle rages on, only the names and party affiliations have changed.  Lost in today’s world -- is the acceptance of Clinton’s abuses by the party at large when the allegations first began appearing during his 1991 primary run.  This despite the battle over alleged abuse these same politicians and activists had fought over the Clarence Thomas appointment to the Supreme Court.

Clearly, when the issue was with their “guy” the victims didn’t matter at all.  

Unfortunately for all concerned, the arguments made in Clinton’s defense have been accepted by society; all the pontificating and sanctimonious ravings of the political and media elite about the sins of this or that celebrity, politician, or celebrity-politician are viewed through the jaded eyes of people who’ve seen this all before, and realize it is only about power.  Getting power, or keeping power.  There is no morality behind the claims of the moral high ground and faux-moral outrage.