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Bob Barker is Dead. NO, HE WAS NOT A SAINT. Far from it. [1]
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Date: 2023-08-26
Bob Barker was beloved by many, for obvious reasons. He was the smiling, genial face of a treasured American game show for decades. He was funny, seemed genuine, and he loved animals. A lot. And advocated for them his entire life, until his death very recently.
But he was also, apparently, a problematic individual who used his position and power to get sexual favors, who bullied those who’d speak out against him, who encouraged extremely unhealthy weight obsessions and requirements among his female staff, and who obfuscated about it. It’s incredibly hard to ignore any of this.
(For some reason my phone isn’t letting me link text to a URL so here:)
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So many of us, even on this purportedly openminded leftist website, think we have open minds. Yet we shy away from the hard truths, or mock those who try to educate us. Our society needs to get better at this. Our species does.
There was a diary up earlier praising Barker high and low. It’s gone now, seemingly, after a few commenters (I was one) deigned to bring up the sexual harassment and various lawsuits. This behavior with Barker was a pattern that unfolded over decades. You may not wish to know about it or believe it, but dammit it would be great if you could try to start giving women the benefit of the doubt when they speak out about such things.
Please.
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