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In reply to the discussion: Clinton: 'I certainly didn't' know about Weinstein's alleged assaults [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)It's a survival mechanism, actually.
We just had a thread last week about Weinstein throwing Nathan Lane into a wall at Hillary's birthday party in 2000. It's quite natural for people to think Hillary would know that Weinstein is (at least) a supreme asshole.
It's one of those unfortunate guilt by association things, and it happens ALL THE TIME in politics, so we shouldn't really be surprised that some people would make the leap beyond Hillary knowing or should have known that Weinstein is an asshole, to assuming Hillary knew about more, with all these allegations coming out and all these people in the business saying they knew.
Doesn't mean Hillary actually knew. This is one of the downsides of the politics of personal association. You can, right or wrong, be smeared by the actions of others, when you lean upon their power and influence. Happens to Republicans. Happens to Democrats. Happens to Libertarians. Happens to everyone. And sometimes it's same-team infighting that comes of it.
Nihil sub sole novum.