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originally posted by: feldercarb
originally posted by: incoserv
All the other people now speaking out about him ... None of those occurrences are recent events. They have all kept their mouths shut, some of them for years. Now, suddenly, everybody is squawking at once, like a flock of birds at sunrise. Why?
Somebody told them to speak. They'd not be doing this of their own accord. How do I know? Because they didn't do it before. As seen in the video clip above, the sycophants were fawning over the pervert up to just a few weeks ago. Now, somebody gave them a command to speak and they are all barking like a bunch of obedient little Jack Russell terriers.
It's not that these people have been told to speak; it is that HW is not in a position to hurt their careers. If HW was still in a position of authority; these people would keep their mouths shut. Remember that for years upon years HW was one of the few people who could get their movie project off the ground or influence a director or casting agent to employ someone for a movie. HW had tremendous power over a multi billion dollar industry. People will do a lot of things for money and fame. That's just life.
originally posted by: incoserv
It may be his brother. It may simply be that Harvey is that much of a pervert and was not smart enough to keep it on the DL. Maybe he was just going to become too big a liability so they cut his legs out from under him before it blew up on its own in an uncontrolled way.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
originally posted by: incoserv
It may be his brother. It may simply be that Harvey is that much of a pervert and was not smart enough to keep it on the DL. Maybe he was just going to become too big a liability so they cut his legs out from under him before it blew up on its own in an uncontrolled way.
That makes some sense. The "S" started to hit the "F," and the company could have fueled the fire to get him out quicker. Most of the time that wouldn't work, however, because most people do not have clean hands, and outing somebody like him would just put them at risk, too.
I wonder who's next? Who else has been joked about for years but the fire hasn't caught yet? Dave Coulier?
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
originally posted by: incoserv
All the other people now speaking out about him ... None of those occurrences are recent events. They have all kept their mouths shut, some of them for years. Now, suddenly, everybody is squawking at once, like a flock of birds at sunrise. Why?
Somebody told them to speak. They'd not be doing this of their own accord. How do I know? Because they didn't do it before. As seen in the video clip above, the sycophants were fawning over the pervert up to just a few weeks ago. Now, somebody gave them a command to speak and they are all barking like a bunch of obedient little Jack Russell terriers.
It's not that these people have been told to speak; it is that HW is not in a position to hurt their careers. If HW was still in a position of authority; these people would keep their mouths shut. Remember that for years upon years HW was one of the few people who could get their movie project off the ground or influence a director or casting agent to employ someone for a movie. HW had tremendous power over a multi billion dollar industry. People will do a lot of things for money and fame. That's just life.
I disagree. There are still plenty of people in power who would stand to loose big if these songbirds sang about them. If they were allowed to start singing independently about Daddy Harvey, where might it not lead to? The pervs and 'paths in power have to keep their asses covered, so I'm sure they'd not like any of these poor victims sounding off on their own. They'd have to be controlled.
Do I sound like I have a dark view of the whole thing? Well, yes, I do.
originally posted by: feldercarb
... Right now HW is fair game. He has lost his protection. If someone tries to implicate some other powerful person; they will be shot down quickly. Yes, those in power will protect their own. HW somehow went too far and is getting nailed. HW (in my opinion) had to have done something really stupid to someone very powerful to lose his power. That, unfortunately, is how the game is played.
originally posted by: RoScoLaz5
i was wondering to myself last night - what else could be slipping under the radar, as this story eats up all the column inches and tv news reports? such distractions won't be wasted by those that would seek to use them.
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
... Right now HW is fair game. He has lost his protection. If someone tries to implicate some other powerful person; they will be shot down quickly. Yes, those in power will protect their own. HW somehow went too far and is getting nailed. HW (in my opinion) had to have done something really stupid to someone very powerful to lose his power. That, unfortunately, is how the game is played.
EXACTLY what I've been saying all along; he pissed off somebody and he's paying the price. The whole dog-and-pony-show has nothing to do with morality or treating people right or even getting caught. He's being punished and made an example. Nobody cares what he did to those women (by and large, not even the women, as they got their fair exchange for what they gave up).
They take care of their own. Always. There's a reason why Harvey has been left out for the wolves.
There are many, many others in Hollywood waiting to take his place in line at the casting couch. It'll keep happening because there are always pervert sociopaths with insatiable appetites and there are always whores willing to buy fame at any cost. Nothing will change. Ol' Harvey just won't be in the game anymore, one less predator to feed on the flesh of others.
originally posted by: feldercarb
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
... Right now HW is fair game. He has lost his protection. If someone tries to implicate some other powerful person; they will be shot down quickly. Yes, those in power will protect their own. HW somehow went too far and is getting nailed. HW (in my opinion) had to have done something really stupid to someone very powerful to lose his power. That, unfortunately, is how the game is played.
EXACTLY what I've been saying all along; he pissed off somebody and he's paying the price. The whole dog-and-pony-show has nothing to do with morality or treating people right or even getting caught. He's being punished and made an example. Nobody cares what he did to those women (by and large, not even the women, as they got their fair exchange for what they gave up).
They take care of their own. Always. There's a reason why Harvey has been left out for the wolves.
There are many, many others in Hollywood waiting to take his place in line at the casting couch. It'll keep happening because there are always pervert sociopaths with insatiable appetites and there are always whores willing to buy fame at any cost. Nothing will change. Ol' Harvey just won't be in the game anymore, one less predator to feed on the flesh of others.
Agreed with what you are saying except that you said the accusers are being told to go public. Instead, I feel that HW's accusers know that they will not get in trouble for ripping on HW. Thus, they can finally get their revenge for all the **** HW did to them. Once one wolf gets the lion down; all the other wolves pounce. Just the pack mentality.
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
... Right now HW is fair game. He has lost his protection. If someone tries to implicate some other powerful person; they will be shot down quickly. Yes, those in power will protect their own. HW somehow went too far and is getting nailed. HW (in my opinion) had to have done something really stupid to someone very powerful to lose his power. That, unfortunately, is how the game is played.
EXACTLY what I've been saying all along; he pissed off somebody and he's paying the price. The whole dog-and-pony-show has nothing to do with morality or treating people right or even getting caught. He's being punished and made an example. Nobody cares what he did to those women (by and large, not even the women, as they got their fair exchange for what they gave up).
They take care of their own. Always. There's a reason why Harvey has been left out for the wolves.
There are many, many others in Hollywood waiting to take his place in line at the casting couch. It'll keep happening because there are always pervert sociopaths with insatiable appetites and there are always whores willing to buy fame at any cost. Nothing will change. Ol' Harvey just won't be in the game anymore, one less predator to feed on the flesh of others.
Agreed with what you are saying except that you said the accusers are being told to go public. Instead, I feel that HW's accusers know that they will not get in trouble for ripping on HW. Thus, they can finally get their revenge for all the **** HW did to them. Once one wolf gets the lion down; all the other wolves pounce. Just the pack mentality.
Just can't see it. As you pointed out earlier, "those in power will protect their own." That means protecting those who've not been publicly outed. If the "victims" (using that word loosely) were to start singing on their own, they might get the idea that they can sing about others, and that puts an entire system in jeopardy. The permission may have been explicit or it may have been implicit, but they were allowed to know at some point that after all those years of keeping their mouths shut, it was ok to rat out Harvey. I don't think that we'll see a massive stream of industry-wide accusations and confessions, though.
originally posted by: feldercarb
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
originally posted by: incoserv
originally posted by: feldercarb
... Right now HW is fair game. He has lost his protection. If someone tries to implicate some other powerful person; they will be shot down quickly. Yes, those in power will protect their own. HW somehow went too far and is getting nailed. HW (in my opinion) had to have done something really stupid to someone very powerful to lose his power. That, unfortunately, is how the game is played.
EXACTLY what I've been saying all along; he pissed off somebody and he's paying the price. The whole dog-and-pony-show has nothing to do with morality or treating people right or even getting caught. He's being punished and made an example. Nobody cares what he did to those women (by and large, not even the women, as they got their fair exchange for what they gave up).
They take care of their own. Always. There's a reason why Harvey has been left out for the wolves.
There are many, many others in Hollywood waiting to take his place in line at the casting couch. It'll keep happening because there are always pervert sociopaths with insatiable appetites and there are always whores willing to buy fame at any cost. Nothing will change. Ol' Harvey just won't be in the game anymore, one less predator to feed on the flesh of others.
Agreed with what you are saying except that you said the accusers are being told to go public. Instead, I feel that HW's accusers know that they will not get in trouble for ripping on HW. Thus, they can finally get their revenge for all the **** HW did to them. Once one wolf gets the lion down; all the other wolves pounce. Just the pack mentality.
Just can't see it. As you pointed out earlier, "those in power will protect their own." That means protecting those who've not been publicly outed. If the "victims" (using that word loosely) were to start singing on their own, they might get the idea that they can sing about others, and that puts an entire system in jeopardy. The permission may have been explicit or it may have been implicit, but they were allowed to know at some point that after all those years of keeping their mouths shut, it was ok to rat out Harvey. I don't think that we'll see a massive stream of industry-wide accusations and confessions, though.
The minute that the story was put in the newspaper and was not immediately shut down allowed all of the "victims" to tell their tales. By not having this story destroyed instantly, TPTB implicitly game consent for the wolves to tear HW apart. The wolves didn't need to be told to take HW down; but they also know that others are still protected. The "victims" know that only HW is fair game and they will get destroyed if they push past HW. The "victims" know that they can only push this narrative so far. It is just that they get to take their licks now. Before, at best, they had to get their licks in covertly. For the time being, things can be done overtly.
Actor says all Hollywood agents and managers are complicit in the exploitation and degradation of women
Origin Late 15th century (as a verb): from Latin occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occulere ‘conceal’, based on celare ‘to hide’; the adjective and noun from occult- ‘covered over’, from the verb occulere.
originally posted by: FarEastManor
I wonder if the Las Vegas shooting was fairly botched up, and to distract from a very serious review of what happened there, people in power have a little stash of "crises" that they can drop at any given time.