"WHATEVER YOU THINK OF HIS "SO CALLED" CRIME, POLANSKI HAS SERVED HIS TIME"
Those are the immortal words of Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein. He goes on.
"HOLLYWOOD HAS THE BEST MORAL COMPASS, BECAUSE IT HAS COMPASSION".
Compassion for a man who drugged and raped a 13 year old girl.
Mr. Weinstein, has initiated a petition to demand the release of Roman Polanski from a Swiss jail and deny a request by Los Angeles County Prosecutors' that he be extradited. Among the signatories (100 or more now) are Harrison Ford,Martin Scorcese,Jonathan Demme,Tilda Swinton,Salman Rushdie, etc.
It is unlikely, given the furor that has ensued that other big name celebrities will sign.
Harvey Weinstein and all those who sign the petition can only properly be labeled as "rapist sympathizers". How else to explain support for such a degenerate criminal as Roman Polanski?
Is it possible they just don't know the facts? Maybe. But why sign onto something without a clear understanding of the facts? Ignorance is no defense. If not ignorance, it is indifferent to the charges for which he pled guilty. If it is indifference, that speaks for itself.
Moreover, there is a deafening silence from many other celebrities. You can almost hear the crickets chirp in the absence of expressed outraged in the effort to free Mr. Polanski. After all, what right thinking person with an iota of conscience could remain silent in the midst of such a vile effort to free a vile man?
Harvey Weinstein and Martin Scorcese are powerful and influential men in Hollywood. They can "make you or break you". The silence of our celebrity culture demonstrates a willingness to sacrifice human dignity on the altar of self preservation. They turn a blind eye to criminality, if those who hold sway seek to shelter the criminal. The influence of these two men, among others have cowed the conscience of an entire community. Those in Hollywood who remain silent for fear of career retribution are guilty of possessing a tragic character flaw: COWARDICE
What a wonderful world Hollywood is. A community consisting of cowards and those who sympathize with rapists.
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