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I agree with your first part, your second part is wrong.

The ladies that made the accusations against him, which he confirmed were all true, were up-and-coming comedians.

They said because he was in a position of power they felt like they couldn't say no to his request.

To his credit, he validated every woman that made an accusation. He also said he didn't realize the women were saying yes because of the implication if they said no. I tend to believe his story because after the women came forward, he admitted what happened, and the allegations stopped, no one else came forward. That seems to me like a guy that used bad judgement and didn't understand the power he had.

I think him taking a timeout, realizing that women have a whole different set of circumstances to deal with that guys don't, and reflecting on that was warranted. I don't think he needs to be shunned forever.

If a guy jerked themselves off in front of you, in a work situation, where there were more senior than you how would you feel?

Yes there’s grades of sexual predators, they’re still all predators, no-one is comparing here.

Don’t make excuses for this man. He used his power over, as a successful comedian with a lot of control in the industry, to force sexual acts on unwilling women who feared for their careers. Then tried to justify it on a technicality. It’s creepy, it’s psychotic, and he should be on a list for it.

It would be adjacent to a prison guard dropping trow and making the inmates in his care watch him jerk off to them, their bodies, their presence. The guard in that scenario shouldn’t keep his job either. Or should he? He didn’t touch them right? He only touched himself, right? So that guard should keep his job, by your logic.

Louis had power over. Maybe not the same kind of power over but it was power. And he used it, and them, in a foul manner deserving of dismissal and possibly litigation.

It certainly puts his bit about men being the scariest thing for women in the dating world into perspective.

He abused his position of power for his own sexual gratification. That's the definition of predatory behaviour.

What a weird fucking thing to jump so quickly to defend…

Wrong room.

We can compare apples to oranges because they're both fruits, but the phrase exists for a reason. This is a predominantly US community of which all are highly strung more than their usual shit right now, and you're coming in unusually hostile as though you have a stake in the matter of this specific subject.

Chill out. Doesn't mean you're wrong, but read the room and ask yourself if it's worth the energy. You wint

Edit: I mean, fuck. Look at my comment. And I was putting shit on the guy... They don't know what they want. Give em a few days.

Depends on how you define your words. He consentually jerked off in front of female colleagues. He did not realize his position of power and tried to make things right. If this full fills your definition of predator than yes.