If #MeToo goes too far

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A thought-provoking piece on the backlash of #MeToo campaign....

All societies make necessary moral distinctions between high crimes and misdemeanours, mortal and lesser sins. A murderer is worse than a thief. A drug dealer is worse than a user. And so on.

Gillibrand, Driver and others want to blur such distinctions, on the theory that we need a zero-tolerance approach. That may sound admirable, but it's legally unworkable and, in many cases, simply unjust.

Listening is always essential. But one-way conversations go down about as well with most men as they do with most women, and #MeToo isn't going to succeed in the long run if the underlying message is #STFU. Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.


Qn: All forms of discrimination are undesirable. Do you agree?