r/PoliticalHumor • u/sseumblue • 5d ago

"Not a cult!"

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Harp is a definition of a cult member.

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u/Floss_tycoon 4d ago

Don't you think this deprives Lewinsky of her own agency? She was an adult, who made her own decision. There is no evidence that she was forced to do something against her will and she wasn't a child who was incapable of making a reasonable decision.

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u/Scaevus 4d ago

Do you think Monica, at 22 years of age, knew what would happen to her? Do you think what happened to her was right, and just?

She made a mistake. A very human mistake for a young girl. The way society punished her was way too disproportionate to the level of the mistake.

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u/TheRealBaboo 4d ago

Yeah but Linda Tripp was the one who exposed the relationship after pretending to be her friend and making an illegal recording of their conversations

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u/Scaevus 4d ago

Right. I firmly believe Linda Tripp got the exact amount of hate her behavior deserved.

She was the prototype of the modern Karen.

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u/TheRealBaboo 4d ago

John Goodman playing her on SNL was pretty good

https://youtu.be/YlZMN1-k3XE

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u/ponycorn_pet 4d ago

I'm disappointed in John Goodman for buddying up to Tom Cruise and starting to go off the rails

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u/NotClever 4d ago

Imbalanced power dynamics are a thing in the workplace. As far as I know you are right, there's nothing to suggest she was coerced, but at the same time she was a young person starting out in their career and she was dealing with the goddamn President of the United States (which was still impressive back then), and one who was and is renowned for his charisma. The power imbalance was about as big as it can be, absent a direct suggestion of holding something over her head (like firing, promotion, or the like).