MARK HELPRIN IS THE GUY THAT I
HAVE SOME DISDAIN FOR IT TO SAY THE LEAST.
HE IS TO ME THE EPITOME OF CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA.
THERE IS NO PERSON ON TELEVISION THAT REINFORCES RIGHT-WING
TALKING POINTS MORE THAN MARK HELPRIN.
HE WILL TELL YOU THAT WAR IS GREAT THAT WE NEED TAX CUTS
FOR THE RICH.
IS CONVENTIONAL WISDOM 101 AND IT'S ALMOST NOT HIS FAULT.
TODAY'S NEWS ABOUT MARK HELPRIN IS SADDER.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THOSE ARE SEE YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS
GOING ON.
CNN BROKE THE STORY, SO CREDIT TO THEM.
SO FIVE WOMEN, THAT IS A LOT.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
HE DENIES THAT PART OF THE CHURCH BUT ADMITS THAT HE
DID DO SOMETHING.
HALPERIN DENIES PRESSING HIS GENITALS AGAINST THE THREE
WOMEN.
HE IS DENYING THE NONCONSENSUAL STUFF.
AND HE DID NOT NECESSARILY HOLD POWER OVER THEM.
YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF ME
RUNNING THE COMPANY I HAVE HAD ALL THESE SEMINARS.
THEY EXPLAINED THAT YOU NOW CANNOT CRITICIZE EMPLOYEES
FOR DATING EACH OTHER.
RULES OF CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AND IT DEPENDS ON WHICH STATE
YOU ARE ETC.
AS I'M READING THE STORY I SAID THAT'S REALLY WITHHOLD
JUDGMENT HERE.
IF HE ASKED SOMEONE OUT AND THEY SAID YES THAT WOULD BE
ACCEPTABLE.
I'M TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO HOLD MY BIAS AGAINST THEM ON
POLICY ISSUES AWAY FROM THE STORY SO I DON'T PREJUDGE.
IF I ASKED SOMEONE OUT AND THEY SAY NO WHEN YOU LEAVE IT,
THAT IS ALSO OKAY.
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PERSON SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON WHETHER THE
WOMAN INVOLVES SAID YES OR NO.
FAST WITH THIS WAS YOU CAN CERTAINLY RECOVER FROM THAT I
THINK, BUT THEN I READ MORE AND REALIZE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS.
LOOKS LIKE IT WASN'T JUST SIMPLY ASKING PEOPLE OUT INNOCENTLY.
I READ THE DETAILS, AND THE DETAILS ARE NOT GOOD.
IF TRUE THAT IS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE.
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PARTS THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS A HIGHER POSITION AT THE COMPANY,
DON'T INVITE SOMEONE ELSE WHO THINKS ñ AND THEN KISSING HER
WITHOUT HER PERMISSION.
WHAT ARE YOU NUTS?
WHO DOES THAT?
APPARENTLY UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN POWER.
CNN CONTINUES.
ACTUALLY NOT GIVING YOU ALL THE DETAILS BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO BEAT IT INTO THE GROUND.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CORROBORATING WITNESSES.
LAST COUPLE QUOTES HERE.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS THE MOST DEVASTATING QUOTE TO ME NOT
BECAUSE OF THE WEIRD PENIS TO SHOULDER THING WITH WHICH I HAVE
NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW IT MADE HER FEEL.
THE ABUSE OF POWER WHERE I AM NOT GOING TO TRY TO PORT THIS
PERSON, OR GET THEIR CONSENT.
THE YOUNGER THEY ARE THE MORE THEY DON'T KNOW THE ROPES.
HOW MANY WOMEN WHETHER IT'S THROUGH HALPERIN OR OTHER PEOPLE
THOUGHT IS THIS THE RULES OF THE GAME?
IN ORDER TO WORK IN
ADVANCE DO I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING GROSS WITH THE GUY?
HOW MANY OF THEM DO WE NOT KNOW ABOUT DIDN'T GO UP THE LADDER?
THIS IS DEVASTATING FOR WOMEN ON A MACRO SCALE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE NOW
SEEING BEING UNCOVERED IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.
SO THAT LEAVES SOME OPENING THAT HE COULD COME BACK.
HE IS A GUY THAT IS BELOVED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
HE HAD A SHOW ON SHOWTIME, HE WAS AT ABC.
HE MADE AND BROKE CAREERS IN A LOT OF WAYS.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS IF MARK
HELPRIN WALKED IN THEY WERE LIKE YES, MR.
CONVENTIONAL
WISDOM, WE LOVE IT.
IF ANYONE HAS A CHANCE AT A COMEBACK,
PROBABLY HALPERIN HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF A COMEBACK BUT THE
DETAILS ARE DEEPLY DISTURBING AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY MERIT
THAT.
BEING A PROGRESSIVE I NEVER WANT TO RULE OUT SECOND CHANCES FOR
PEOPLE, BUT THE RECOGNITION THAT THOSE WOMEN THAT THEIR CAREER
MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN JEOPARDY, THAT RECOGNITION HAS BEEN SO
THOROUGH AND CONVINCING BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT HE
GOES BACK AND WORKS WITH OTHER WOMEN AND IS NOT GOING TO DO THE
SAME THING?
I WITHHOLD ALL JUDGMENT ON WHETHER HE CAN REHABILITATE
HIMSELF ON THAT.
LAST PIECE TO BE FAIR TO HIM, THERE
IS NO REPORTED SIMILAR
BEHAVIOR IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO.
UNLIKE THOSE OTHER CHARACTERS HE MIGHT NOT HAVE REPEATED IT.
THESE DETAILS ARE REALLY, REALLY BAD.
MOST IMPORTANT OUT OF ALL OF THIS IS WE ARE ALL LEARNING HOW
MUCH WOMEN HAVE SUFFERED IN THE WORKPLACE UNFORTUNATELY QUIETLY
SO AND I THINK A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS, PUTTING ASIDE PEOPLE LIKE
HELPRIN AND THE REST FOR WOMEN IS A GREAT TIPPING POINT WHERE
WE PUT A SPOTLIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO TURN THE CORNER
AND HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN AT THE SCALE IT WAS
HAPPENING BEFORE.
HOPEFULLY WE WIPE IT
OUT COMPLETELY BUT
THAT
WILL
TAKE SOME TIME.
FOR ALL THE GUYS OUT THERE WHO ARE THINKING OF ABUSING
THEIR POWER ñ YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.
THAT IS
A GREAT THING WE
DON'T WANT THEM VICTIMIZING ANY
MORE PEOPLE.