I would add to Dave's list the accusation that anyone doubting the
"evidence" is a paid shill from Allen's PR team.
Boy, that LAT column is really cringeworthy.
On Monday, March 15, 2021 at 4:41:43 AM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote:
> While not being accused of being in favor of sexual abuse of children, the
> majority of the posts I've seen on the show this week have fallen into
> three main categories:
>
> 1) "Woody Allen is a creep, so of course he did it."
> 2) "I never liked his movies, so of course he did it." ("Manhattan" is
> usually cited here)
> 3) "He married his stepdaughter (or daughter, in rare cases), so of course
> he did it."
>
> Occasionally, an Allen supporter will show up (sometimes linking to the
> "By the Way ..." video, sometimes to the Moses Farrow article, sometimes to
> other videos), but they are invariably shouted down as supporting
> pedophilia. The article in the LA Times today, with its "the reason Allen
> supporters believe him is because they want women to shut up and be abused"
> conclusion was a new low, even for the dog-trainer (which is as nothing
> compared to the NY Times). The Daily Beast came close, though, with its
> article that tarred Allen with the Jeffrey Epstein brush (including the
> charge that he apparently supported Roman Polanski -- neglecting the small
> detail that so did Mia Farrow).
>
> Most often, the Allen-haters remind me of nothing so much as Q supporters,
> refusing to listen to counter-facts and evidence in favor of the narrative
> they've been fed.
>
> Dylan Farrow seems to have no trouble talking about all of this now, so
> why doesn't she take Allen to court and have it out once and for all? If he
> were proven guilty, I'd have no qualms in wanting him locked up or -- more
> likely -- fined heavily. Given the inconsistencies in the Farrow accounts,
> though, and their abhorrence of being put under oath and questioned -- and
> the attendant penalties for perjury -- I don't expect it.
>
> Allen's career is over. That's certain, so in that sense, the Farrows have
> won. Even if he were definitively acquitted, the true believers would claim
> the trial was rigged and no studio is going to finance him.
>
> --Dave Sikula
>
> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:23:14 PM UTC-7 PGage wrote:
>
>> So, nobody not last named Allen is happier than I am that this HBO series
>> is over. This week I have had the unique experience of both being accused
>> of being in favor of the sexual abuse of children (by online interlocutors,
>> not on this list) and spending a couple of hours reporting one of my
>> patients for sexually abusing a child.
>>
>
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