I’m not saying that people are feeling less empathy for alleged victims of sexual assault (no one should ever let that ball drop), but they seem to be feeling less knee-jerky and less Robespierre-ish in the matter of instantly condemning alleged perpetrators.
There’s no way such a proclamation would have been published three years ago. People seem to be understanding that #MeToo overplayed its hand and that a somewhat more circumspect, due-process attitude about sexual misbehavior is warranted.
In 2009 quite a few Hollywood heavyweights signed a letter in support of Roman Polanski….seems like a long time ago.
