A Reckoning for MeToo

Using sexual allegations as a political tool has killed the movement’s credibility and rendered truth irrelevant.

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People participate in a protest march for survivors of sexual assault in Los Angeles, Calif., November 12, 2017.

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Is Elon Musk a sexual predator? Did he, as allegations unveiled by Business Insider suggest, flash his erect penis at a SpaceX flight attendant, asking her for sexual favors in exchange for buying her a horse? Insider’s source, a friend of the accuser, claims that he did. But Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has forcefully denied all allegations, dismissing them as a political attack intended to foil his acquisition of Twitter.

Certainly, Musk has his enemies. Not everyone was happy about the billionaire’s $44 billion bid for Twitter and his pledge to uphold the principles of free speech, which he called “the bedrock of a functioning democracy.” Amnesty International warned of “violent and abusive speech against users, particularly those most disproportionately impacted, including women, non-binary persons and others.”

Madeleine Kearns

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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