It's another reason to never, ever, ever put faith in a PERSON, just in things you LIKE about a person.
People are....people, and will eventually suck, or your eyes will be opened and you'll realize they always sucked, but you look at some aspect of them you like, and follow that, if you still have admiration for Cosby.
For example, I think Dave Ramsey gives good financial advice (usually), I agree with probably 80% of what he says, ...but, he's also very often a judgmental asshole, thinks getting rich is Biblical (it's not.),
and clings ironclad to his 'back in the day' narratives which today, those don't apply.
But, getting out of debt is the way to go, and credit cards and loans will probably lead to headaches.
Now, because he's a judgmental asshole, I'm not going to get buried in debt just to show him!
That's how you look at Cosby - he was a pretty good entertainer, ...who most probably raped a bunch of women.
It's also the immense power of the media, and how we look at people, and how the media dictates how we view people.
I remember on a radio show, maybe the Andy Dean show, Jay Leno's producer was on there, and was telling Dean about how, Bill Cosby was his absolute WORST guest!
He was a complete asshole, mean to him personally, mean to Jay, mean to the staff and guys and gals working behind the scene on the Jay Leno show.
...but when that camera came on, it was "Hey hey hey, I'm Bill Cosby, let's joke and laugh, aren't our cuddly?!" Then when the show was over it "Hey! Hey goddammit! I said stop getting my way! I ain't telling
you again! You people suck!" But good luck telling people that, because who will side with a production assistant over Bill Cosby?
It's why he was able to get away with what he got away with - the media created this image of him, there was no other side or information, AND, his show was HUGE. Back then, when there were very few
channels, The Cosby Show was IT.
If some young starlet said "Hey, uh, Bill Cosby raped me." ...how far do you think that would get?
I had two bosses recently at standard jobs, who were untouchable. They did things that were bullying, absolutely wrong....Jesus, OF COURSE THEY GOT AWAY WAY WITH IT!!!!!! Literally, I mean LITERALLY NOTHINGGG
happened to them. They didn't even get a talking to. Later on, both got awards and praise for whatever bosses get awards and praise for. Human Resources was utterly neutered.
Now, imagine your Bill Cosby. Thousands of people depend on your existence for jobs, the studio makes multi multi millions from you, execs owe their jobs to your existence. The entire channel depends on you
for a large portion of their profits. Millions of fans out there.
Some no name actress says "That's the guy who raped me." Trust me, they will make it go away. That's why you never heard about it all those years ago.
It was horribly sad, and still goes on today, and will go on in the future.
They're catching a FEW of these guys, but I seriously doubt in 5 or 10 years, Hollywood, and America will be devoid of bullies and the "lower class" being taken advantage of, screwed over, pushed around, what have you.
