Keller @ Large: Lewinsky Snub Latest Example Of Establishment Ignorance
BOSTON (CBS) - It's a depressing sign of the times that we so often wind up talking about basic decency and respect for people, or rather, the lack of it. But, here we go again.
"I was patient zero, the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the internet," Monica Lewinsky said recently.
She was the young White House intern whose affair with then-President Bill Clinton more than two decades ago led to his impeachment. She is now an anti-bullying activist.
And this week when Town and Country magazine abruptly pushed her out of a forum they were hosting because Mr. Clinton had accepted an invitation to attend, Lewinsky pushed back, tweeting:
dear world:
— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) May 9, 2018
please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and --then after i've accepted-- uninvite me because bill clinton then decided to attend/was invited.
it's 2018.
emily post would def not approve.
✌????Me
The magazine has apologized. Mr. Clinton's people say he had no idea what was going on. But the incident is being widely noted as an example of how the "establishment" still doesn't quite get the point about giving due respect to women even when it might make important men feel uncomfortable.
Monica Lewinsky is right, this is bad manners, to say the least. Maybe next time, it'll be Mr. Clinton who'll be asked to stay home if he doesn't want to face up to the fallout from his own behavior.