I never watched Ghomeshi’s program and never had a personal opinion about him one way or the other prior to the allegations, but I think it’s important to be clear and accurate when making these statements (because inaccuracies weaken/discredit the whole). While it came out Ghomeshi is a misogynist who engaged in sexual harassment and enjoys violence against women, it also came out at trial that the women conspired together beforehand when they made the allegations of rape against them. Creep? Yes. Misogynist? Yes. Stay away from him? Definitely. Rapist? Not proven.
Totally fair point, and it’s actually something I align with. We often judge people based on spotty information delivered by questionable news reports and it’s not fair to make a condemnation of somebody based on those.
However, my distrust of his character was appropriate, when the news came out it confirmed that guy was not what he was presenting as his image.
I never watched Ghomeshi’s program and never had a personal opinion about him one way or the other prior to the allegations, but I think it’s important to be clear and accurate when making these statements (because inaccuracies weaken/discredit the whole). While it came out Ghomeshi is a misogynist who engaged in sexual harassment and enjoys violence against women, it also came out at trial that the women conspired together beforehand when they made the allegations of rape against them. Creep? Yes. Misogynist? Yes. Stay away from him? Definitely. Rapist? Not proven.
Totally fair point, and it’s actually something I align with. We often judge people based on spotty information delivered by questionable news reports and it’s not fair to make a condemnation of somebody based on those.
However, my distrust of his character was appropriate, when the news came out it confirmed that guy was not what he was presenting as his image.