By Michael G. Brock
“...Well you don’t have to go to off-Broadway
To see something plain absurd
Everybody’s crying mercy
When they don’t know the meaning of the word...”
—Mose Allison
Everybody’s Crying Mercy
“The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology. The result is that the average individual does not experience the separateness and isolation the fully schizophrenic person feels. He feels at ease among those who suffer from the same deformation; in fact, it is the fully sane person who feels isolated in the insane society — and he may suffer so much from the incapacity to communicate that it is he who may become psychotic. In the context of this study the crucial question is whether the hypothesis of a quasi-autistic or of low-grade schizophrenic disturbance would help us to explain some of the violence spreading today.”
—Eric Fromm
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, p. 395
“...There has been a revolution, then, but a silent one. It has taken place with such stealth, and so gradually, that people have become accustomed to it little by little. I am reminded of the famous Chinese executioner whose ambition it was to be able to cut off a head so that the victim would not realize what had happened. For years he worked on his skill, and one day he cut off a head so perfectly that the victim said: “Well, when are you going to do it?” The executioner gave a beatific smile and said: “Just kindly nod.”
—Kenneth Minogue
How Civilizations Fall1
On 11/2/2018, MLive ran an article titled, “West Michigan Judge Suspended after Sexual Harassment Allegations,” by Michael Kransz.2 The article states in part that, “...Newaygo County Chief Probate Judge Graydon W. Dimkoff said he was informed Monday morning, Oct. 29, he was suspended and accused of sexual harassment. The 71-year-old judge denies the accusation. Newaygo County Chief Judge Robert D. Springstead wrote in a Nov. 1 [2018] administrative order that Dimkoff’s suspension came after receiving ‘complaints of sexual harassment and misconduct.’...Springstead did not describe the nature of the allegations and had no further comment...Dimkoff said, ‘...I asked what the allegation was. They would not tell me.’ They also did not ask him about it, he said...Just like a case in his courtroom, Dimkoff said he wants to know the allegations against him so he can present a defense. ‘I feel I’m going to be maligned here at the very end of my career...’” The article notes that he is scheduled for retirement on 1/1/2019.
The comments section contained this: “You might want to access the [enclosed] ... report by WZZM news www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/newaygo-county-judge-on-leave-following-sexual-harassment-allegations/69-610698773. It appears the allegation may be retribution for the judge’s endorsement of a candidate for his position. Looks like a ‘Kavanaugh’-like hit job. He’s been on the bench since 1998. Why 2 months before his retirement? Sounds like an unjust, vindictive allegation that’s a payback for his support of a candidate others disapprove of. Dirty politics. If allegation is proved to be false, his accuser should pay a price.” (Let men know when that happens.)
While it is probably the case that since the attempted (and nearly successful) assassination of Bret Kavanaugh by extreme leftwing senators and media, those who make false allegations of sexual abuse will certainly be emboldened, they are by no means a new phenomenon. And there is no doubt that some allegations have merit. There are now and have always been those who will abuse positions of power for personal gain, whether sexual, monetary, child custody or vengeance motivated. The concern is that with the suspension of due process in all matters sexual, and in the name of believing and protecting all accusers, the presumption of guilt and the ability to act in accordance with that presumption make any allegations a fait accompli, putting the onus on the accused to try to undo what has already been done.
Of course, as America moves toward becoming a totalitarian police state, sexual abuse allegations are not the only place this technique can be employed, civil forfeiture3 in suspected drug cases is another obvious example, and even before changes that allowed police to seize property unrelated to the alleged crime (which never has to be proven), the rules of legal due process were changed by the High Court to require the taxpayer to bear the burden in a civil case brought by the Treasury Department.4
However, it is the widespread use of sexual abuse allegations in criminal, civil, and extrajudicial prosecutions that have made this the weapon of choice for both Left and Right wing activists seeking to take down an opponent. This tactic was given a mighty boost by the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, the imprisonment of Julian Assange, the Dear Colleague letter of April 2011, and the #MeToo movement, where the mere allegation of sexual misconduct by men became sufficient to end careers, cause public humiliation, and impose severe financial burdens on many who, unable to bear the cost of mounting an effective defense, (or, as in the Assange case, fight the power of three colluding governments, all of whom want to be rid of you without the burden of your being a sympathetic victim of foul play) have been subjected to false imprisonment.
Some of those accused by the #MeToo crusade owned responsibility for improper behavior and resigned, but others did not and were either fired or were forced to resign despite their protestations, and without any kind of process in which their side of the story was allowed to be heard. Tavis Smiley has sued PBS for firing him over sexual misconduct allegations.5 “After receiving an allegation that Mr. Smiley had engaged in some type of unidentified misconduct, PBS asked its legal counsel to perform an ‘investigation’ that would show Mr. Smiley had engaged in misconduct,” the suit reads. “The ‘investigation,’ however, was poorly executed and incomplete. Based on this incomplete, trumped-up investigation, and in violation of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, PBS decided to use a technical provision in its contract with TSM to stop distributing Tavis Smiley – the only nightly television show featuring a person of color as the host. With the relationship already having deteriorated, this allegation gave PBS executives a pretext to finally rid themselves of Mr. Smiley, who was not the ‘team player’ type of African American personality PBS preferred to have hosting a nightly national news and public affairs program.”
As an African American, Smiley can raised the issue of racial discrimination in his lawsuit, but experience is that racial concerns have taken a back seat to feminism ever since the latter’s reappearance on the scene in the late 1960s. The notion that there is an alliance between the concerns of black males and females of any color is a delusion that allows the Left to keep men in the fold. It does the same thing with white men by reassuring them that all feminists are seeking is equality, when of course, what they are seeking is absolute power. Their willingness to jettison any kind of due process is the proof and also the means by which they can easily achieve their end.
[Former Obama Spokesperson] Jen Psaki recently told CNN host Jake Tapper with a straight face that an allegation alone should be enough to end any political aspiration the accused [male] may have. Think about that for a moment. Can there be a clearer statement that men are not entitled to due process of any kind? Things would “get bloody” she said, but we needed to go through this American equivalent of ethnic cleansing in order to achieve justice for women and a moral society. And Tapper, like a good little German, stood mute. If he had protested he would probably be out of a job now, with no prospects for future employment.6
And that is the real rub. PBS has fired back at Smiley, saying: “Today’s meritless lawsuit is yet another example of Tavis Smiley’s attempts to distract the public from his pattern of sexual misconduct in the workplace...PBS hired an independent law firm to conduct an investigation. The ongoing investigation, which included a lengthy interview with Mr. Smiley, revealed that he had multiple sexual encounters with subordinates over many years and yielded credible allegations7 of additional misconduct inconsistent with the values and standards of PBS. That is what led PBS to the decision to indefinitely suspend distribution of Mr. Smiley’s program ... The notion that PBS’ decision to suspend distribution of the program was made for any reason aside from Mr. Smiley’s own behavior is ridiculous and false.”
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