It seems everyone on the left has a lesson for us all now that the New York Times has published its exposé on decades of sexual harassment allegations and legal settlements by movie producer, Democrat donor, and frequent White House guest Harvey Weinstein.
Many liberals are looking at it as an exercise in shame — that is, the shame right-wingers should feel exploiting this scandal to attack all the Democrats who knew about Weinstein and attended his parties and took his money anyway.
Don’t leave out Paul Krugman, who sees an object lesson in right-wing projection:
The Weinstein affair is giving us an object lesson in right-wing projection. I keep seeing outraged demands for liberal condemnation 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 7, 2017
"Will liberals condemn Weinstein the way they condemned Ailes and O'Reilly?" they ask, presuming that the answer is no. But actually … 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 7, 2017
Everywhere I look the answer is, in fact, yes. What we should ask is: "Did cons condemn Ailes/O'Reilly the way they condemn Weinstein?" 3/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 7, 2017
And the answer, mainly, is no. Excusing evil behavior by people on your side is what THEY do; they're just projecting it onto libs 4/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 7, 2017
And they're outraged in advance over the false assumption that liberals are just like them 5/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 7, 2017
Seriously? Excusing evil behavior by people on your side is what conservatives do? That would explain all the Democrats crying about “sexual McCarthyism” during the Clinton impeachment hearings and portraying independent counsel Ken Starr as a pornographer.
Yes that's the lesson in all of this. https://t.co/IWT2ciCMfN
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheCalCoconut/status/916774196167925760
We’ve said it before today, but it just fits: It’s just like Jimmy Kimmel being angrier with the gun “crazies” than he is with the man who pulled the trigger in Las Vegas. Liberals say they’re outraged over Harvey Weinstein’s behavior, but they’re more angry at conservatives pointing out his long and very close relationship with the most powerful Democrats.
Actually, it's giving us a lesson in left-wing denial
Also, self aware much ? https://t.co/9heAy5Rrq3
— StreamDelay (@WXYZfi) October 7, 2017
And a lesson in men who make this a pissing contest between themselves rather than about the women. Well done, Krugman. https://t.co/bm4O119FOp
— PanhandleDyke (@Panhandlebound) October 7, 2017
Krugman's thread here is a perfect example of what tribalism looks like tweeting. https://t.co/ytBDMo7aVY
— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) October 7, 2017
“Everyone I spoke to at an upper west side cocktail party last night agreed they’d wait at least 20 minutes before returning his calls…” https://t.co/1QlPBbVHBy
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) October 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/JakeGBlum/status/916774464414679040
Yes, every time a progg hero gets caught with his pants down, the real story is conservative reaction. https://t.co/rjfFVz8TFd
— Pablo (@Pablo_1791) October 7, 2017
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Pollster Nate Silver joins the "But Trump!" train on Harvey Weinstein, goes off the rails https://t.co/tdbs9uaJPZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 7, 2017