PC Mob Comes After Matt Damon

Matt Damon has committed the crime of wrong think.

In an interview with Peter Travers, Damon says that a rapist should not be compared with an asshole who slaps a woman on the ass.  He says the consequences for such behavior should fit the crime. And, to his mind, not all such crimes are equal. “I do believe that there’s a spectrum of behavior,” he begins. “And we’re going to have to figure — you know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right?”

Wrong!

God God, SERIOUSLY? https://t.co/NDZFrLDXil

— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) December 15, 2017

Former co-star Minnie Driver was among the first to admonish Damon.  Followed by plenty more.

Matt Damon thinks we need to “correct” the “culture of outrage” over sexual harassment https://t.co/E3HTbswUwa pic.twitter.com/AQlLcDJIqZ

— SPIN (@SPIN) December 15, 2017

I seriously thought that article was some sort of parody when I read it. Like…he couldn’t possibly….say all that.

— The Dishmaster (@TheDishmaster) December 15, 2017

There are so many men I love who do NOT frame the differentiation between sexual misconduct assault and rape as an excuse or worse- our problem. Such bollocks..

— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) December 15, 2017

Yes, there is. Each violation fuels rape culture and sends the message that a woman’s body is not hers alone. https://t.co/EUVowBK3jM

— Evette Dionne 🤔 (@freeblackgirl) December 15, 2017

"If it’s a friend of mine, I’m always talking to them. I know the real story if it’s my friend." Men who believe this are deluded fools. Abusers lie. They lie to their friends, too. The person who knows "the real story" is the victim. Listen to them. https://t.co/uJ2Qt2Sy2q

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) December 15, 2017

The deluded fool, Damon, continued: “All of that behavior needs to be confronted, but there is a continuum. And on this end of the continuum where you have rape and child molestation or whatever”.  So did the uproar:

I start to think maybe most men are learning about sexual harassment & assault? Then I read an interview with Matt Damon and realize oh, how terribly naive. Of course not https://t.co/9pgQmmjT9O

— Olivia Goldhill (@OliviaGoldhill) December 15, 2017

Men who splits hairs on the issue of sexual violence are waving a flag so red, it'll burn your eyes. https://t.co/m5Tdo3IXfh

— Julie S. Lalonde (@JulieSLalonde) December 15, 2017