Warning: Politically Incorrect Blog approaching.

I’ve now heard both Michelle Wolf and Trevor Noah characterize Bill Clinton as the “poster child” for the MeToo movement. No, I don’t get all my news from comedians.

The exemplar for the MeToo movement is Harvey Weinstein. He specifically used his position of power to rape and assault some women, and to compel others to perform or view sex acts in exchange for career opportunities. He also documentably derailed careers of women who rebuffed him.

Documentably: a should-be word.

Bill Clinton did not cover himself with glory when he repeatedly allowed Monica Lewinsky to pleasure him, but he was a libidinous creature assailed, as are most celebrities, by people wanting to conjugate with him, and he often did not Just Say No. Adultery is not a crime, and not admitting to adultery in front of your wife is practically an intelligence test. Bill Clinton should be judged by his legacy of increasing income inequality, enabling mass incarceration, and decimating the economy of Mexico.

Certainly if BC weren’t powerful, it wouldn’t have happened, but at the time most of us did not believe he forced or even initiated the situation. JFK might more reasonably be called-out, since in his day folks were less promiscuous, so he had front men arrange liaisons for him both on the road and in the White House pool. That seems more coercive.

Weinstein is still the best choice.

The MeToo movement is super important, long overdue, upliftingly empowering, and lacking nuance. Just as police should not shoot people for shoplifting Mentos, women should not destroy the careers of those who flirt, place a friendly hand on a shoulder, or ogle. Women can insist these activities stop, especially in the workplace, but these are not career-destroying activities.

Upliftingly: another should-be word.

Nor is it fair for women to blame men for the women’s misjudgments. (No ambiguous adjectives!) An NPR story about an aspiring woman writer who had a chance to meet a famous male writer she hoped would be a mentor was prefaced by a warning to those who might be offended. Over dinner he propositioned her and she agreed, so they went to his house. Once canoodling started, she changed her mind, he stopped immediately, and she left.

I’d rate that innocuous. Should it be a rule that the only permissible sex partner is one who is your peer in terms of power?

Put the Harvey Weinsteins in jail to rot. For the less-obvious cases, please remember how quickly an accusation becomes a life sentence.