This Axe Swings Both Ways

This essay is a conflation of two important but somewhat related issues: the protections against gender abuse and a substitution for established legal systems. I suspect most of the comments will deal with the first issue but the second issue is actually at least as important.

This is Simply Business As Usual

With a few notable exceptions throughout history, the number of women in significant positions of power have been minimal. Cleopatra, for instance was an Egyptian Pharaoh, as were some of her non-Greek predecessors. Yet she became subordinated to men (Caesar, Antony). The appearance of women in hieroglyphics is a rarity.

Boudicca, warrior queen of the Britons, was another formidable female in governance and in battle, yet, once again defeated by another generation of Romans. Skipping a thousand years we come to Jean d'Arc, heroine of France whose inspiration defeated a formidable English army. Yet, she too, was sold out by a coward who lack both the guts and charisma she possessed.

In more modern times we come to such female giants in science as Marie Curie. Such female eminence in the sciences is gradually increasing within a relatively short period of time. Science is largely, but incompletely merit-based (a subject worthy of a different essay).

Ever since women's suffrage, the role of women in politics has gradually increased. However, in this particular area, women are just as susceptible of bribery as their male counterparts. The epitome of female corruption, of course, is H.R. Clinton.

But we are not discussing the slow improvement in the status of women throughout Western Civilization, as well as other cultures. We are discussing women (and a relatively small number of men) who are regarded as chattel, merchandise, without freewill or deserving of respect for their personage.

In modern America, this abuse has, until recently, been characterized as "business as usual": if a woman wants to "get ahead" then she must allow powerful males to abuse them in many different ways. A prime example of a woman who rose to power is Kamala Harris, about whom I have previously written. But she is a bit of an exception because her political profile has increased.

Let's talk of the accused and the accusers. In my personal and professional life, contact with abused females has occurred but such is the understandable reluctance of such people to voice their humiliating past, that only a small percentage will open up to discuss this, even with a physician. One of my very good friends, whom I have known for years, only recently confided her past abuses. This of course may have been made easier by the current unmasking of powerful individuals as sexual predators.

The past history in recent society of (usually) women reporting sexual molestation, rape and abuse has been shameful. Typically law enforcement agencies viewed these claims as not deserving further inquiry, or she wanted "it", whatever "it" was, of "they asked for it" such as by wearing certain clothing. I am not sure why the unveiling of such a vile practice (BAU) is occurring now but I certainly believe that the rape and abuse allegations against Bill Clinton, resulting in impeachment, may have helped loosed tongues heretofore silenced by fear of reprisal, shunning, loss of employment, all of which still occurs today.

I will not delve into the sociology of rape and abuse any further except as this applies to politicians.
A broad net is being utilized now to uncover perpetrators.

Al Franken, is gone from politics despite his lame rationales and Clinton-like faulty memory. In CA, a state Senator Debabneh has resigned after masturbation in front of a female staffer.

Two Texas Democratic office-holders have been asked to resign because of sexual improprieties.

Even Nancy "We Don't Need to change" Pelosi has requested Democrat Rep. Kihuen of NV to resign. I won't miss Kihuen, a hypocritical bastard against MFA / SP who will be primaried, if he remains in Congress, next year by a mother whose daughter died due to lack of medical care (a story for another time).

Another outrage, recently revealed is taxpayers funding without consent sexual abuse charges against Rep. Alcee Hastings.

The Treasury Department paid $220,000 in a previously undisclosed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment that involved Florida Democrat Alcee L. Hastings, according to documents obtained by Roll Call.

Winsome Packer, a former staff member of a congressional commission that promotes international human rights, said in documents that the congressman touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job. At the time, Hastings was the chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, where Packer worked.

Hastings has also had ethical problems in the past of financial misdealing, but that charge got, pardon the expression, whitewashed without substantive penalty (he was censured by the House without loss of privilege--to abuse further).

To her great credit, Tulsi Gabbard has introduced legislation to expose secret misconduct settlements, for all misconduct, not just sexual harassment.

Before mentioning Team Red's misdeeds, it is appropriate to flay another Minnesota Democrat, Dan Schoen, for his grossly hypocritical castigation of D. Trump (not that Trump doesn't deserve it)

A Democratic state senator who accused President Donald Trump of sexual harassment is now facing calls to resign after facing multiple sexual harassment allegations of his own.

Several women accused Minnesota state Sen. Dan Schoen of “persistent and unwanted” invitations to meet and allegations that Schoen grabbed them from behind and sent them photographs of male genitalia on social media, the MinnPost reported.

Schoen, a first-term senator who previously served in Minnesota's state house, knew of each alleged incident when the MinnPost approached him for comment, but called the allegations either false or taken out of context.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/23462/democrat-who-accused-trump-harassme...

But leave it to rich Republicans to make the biggest offer for sex, a 5 million dollar proposition to a staffer to conceive his child. I bed some rich Der. could top that offer and not miss the money--after all, it would be consensual, yes?

But wait, there's more: Rep. Linda Sanchez, a CA corpradem pleads for leniency: Congress should not be held to such high standards of ethical behavior.

If you ever needed proof that politicos don't believe rules of behavior don't apply to everybody, this is it.

Back to the pachyderm party: Roy Moore can't remember the claimed instances of sexual assault on young women. Unfortunately for the accusers, serial headline hunter Gloria Allred mucked up the case with a partly forged yearbook entry. Way to go Gloria--go away too. You lie just as much as Hillary. Of course, Donald "Grab Them By the Pussy" Trump is a fine role model who endorsed Moore. After all, buzzards of a feather flock together.

Now with further research, I am sure more of this duopolistic genital fondling etc. will be revealed. But the allegations above will have to suffice for now.

This leads into the second topic.

The Court of Public Opinion

In regards to the allegations of sexual misconduct, recent essays have included comments about letting the courts make the judgements before condemning the accused out of hand. Pardon me while I laugh. Were we living in a purportedly democratic republic, obeying the equal protection under the laws dictum; and were we living with a government that practices "presumed innocent, until proven guilty", then I would give some credence to that admirable request--but, respectfully to those who made those comments, you might as well wait for Santa to slide down your chimney. It ain't gonna happen. Repeat: equal justice under the law is a myth. It doesn't exist. Innocent until proven guilty does not square with the reality of prolonged incarceration due inability to making bond before your court hearing.

If you have money, power, fame, you don't need to show up in court, you send your flack lawyers to court, file motions for change of venue, motions to dismiss, motions for lack of jurisdiction. This series of activities by itself, regardless of associated pro-rich prejudices, leads publicly funded (usually underfunded) prosecutors to give up. After all, prosecutors are judged by their conviction rates, rightly or wrongly. They go after the low-hanging fruit--us.

If you need further confirmation of my thesis, please regard the following illustration of Equal Justice Under The Law:

The mechanisms directly producing this situation are:
1. media consolidation
2. media lying
3. alternative media suppression

To this must be added a general apathy by our citizens who are either working too many hours for too little pay and/or addicted to bread and circuses. The circuses may be terminated or inhibited by the end of Net Neutrality, in which case angry citizens who won't have their favorite guilty pleasures to distract them, might actually be roused from their stupor and get activated about something.

At this point in our decaying society, there are still a few issues that will arouse ire of the majority of the body body politic: gender abuse and directly connected to the issue pedophilia. The MSM is unable to contain these issues. Look at how much visibility is apparent now.

Here is where the Court of Public Opinion (CPO) comes into play. Harken back to 1793 and the Committee for Public Safety in France practiced the kind of Salem Witchcraftery justice. The one concern was whether we send the accused wretches to guillotine directly or do we actually put them on trial?

People: we have little power. More is being usurped by the PTB daily. As of yet, the CPO is one of the few potent weapons we have. I am not advocating beheading but I am advocating exorcism from the body politic. Without citing previous essays of political corruption written by myself, and others as well, it is my contention that the vast majority (but not all) of national elected officials and many local ones are psychopaths. Psychopaths are incapable of reformation. No treatment can provide them with the chief characteristic which they lack: concern for their fellow citizens.

This essay does not delve into more durable solutions to the present corruption other than castigate and then eliminate these perverts using the still-powerful CPO.

Here's what we need to do: Take a long line, Reel them in:

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