‘THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR’ Will Tavis Smiley Be The One Who Helps Restore Some Sanity?

Tavis Smiley was accused of sexual abuse – and immediately suspended from his PBS show.

There was an investigation – that he wasn’t even aware of until it was too late. He threatened to sue if he wasn’t allowed to speak to the investigators, but they had already made up their minds.

If people don’t see how incredibly dangerous this is all becoming, then it’s time they open their eyes.

When the #MeToo campaign started, I was freaked out by what some of my Facebook “Friends”  (more like acquaintances, folks. Settle down) were posting on their walls.

Stuff about how they never REALIZED that they were a victim… but now that they thought of it, a guy had totally brushed their boobs on purpose in high school. Many of them were actually naming specific men who NEEDED to come to justice for looking at their butts.

Back then they were flattered. Now they wanted him PUNISHED!

I have no doubt that many women on the left are now WRACKING THEIR BRAINS for stories of their victimization. It makes them part of the “club.” It PROVES that feminists have SO MUCH WORK TO DO and so many lives to unfairly destroy.

IT’S TIME TO TAKE MEN DOWN.

And as you may recall… they don’t care if innocent men get mowed down on their journey of feminist reckoning… it’s a risk they’re willing to take. They’re “not at all concerned.”

Yeah… a TEEN VOGUE writer wrote that. Let that settle in for a moment.

As a girlfriend, a daughter, a sister… I worry about what it means to be a man in this country right now. You could lose EVERYTHING because of a woman who holds a grudge… or simply wants to fit it.

Anyway… I DO NOT KNOW if Tavis Smiley abused someone… but he has a really important message to share… “This has gone too far. And I, for one, intend to fight back.”

He included the following caption:

On the eve of the 15th season and 3,000th episode of my nightly talk show, I was as shocked as anyone else by PBS’ announcement today. Variety knew before I did.

I have the utmost respect for women and celebrate the courage of those who have come forth to tell their truth. To be clear, I have never groped, coerced, or exposed myself inappropriately to any workplace colleague in my entire broadcast career, covering 6 networks over 30 years.

Never. Ever. Never.

PBS launched a so-called investigation of me without ever informing me. I learned of the investigation when former staffers started contacting me to share the uncomfortable experience of receiving a phone call from a stranger asking whether, I had ever done anything to make them uncomfortable, and if they could provide other names of persons to call. After 14 seasons, that’s how I learned of this inquiry, from the streets.

Only after being threatened with a lawsuit, did PBS investigators reluctantly agree to interview me for three hours.
If having a consensual relationship with a colleague years ago is the stuff that leads to this kind of public humiliation and personal destruction, heaven help us. The PBS investigators refused to review any of my personal documentation, refused to provide me the names of any accusers, refused to speak to my current staff, and refused to provide me any semblance of due process to defend myself against allegations from unknown sources. Their mind was made up. Almost immediately following the meeting, this story broke in Variety as an “exclusive.” Indeed, I learned more about these allegations reading the Variety story than the PBS investigator shared with me, the accused, in our 3 hour face to face meeting.

My attorneys were sent a formal letter invoking a contractual provision to not distribute my programming, and that was it.
Put simply, PBS overreacted and conducted a biased and sloppy investigation, which led to a rush to judgment, and trampling on a reputation that I have spent an entire lifetime trying to establish.

This has gone too far. And, I, for one, intend to fight back.

It’s time for a real conversation in America, so men and women know how to engage in the workplace. I look forward to actively participating in that conversation.

That last part is REALLY important. Women are being told EVERYTHING and ANYTHING is harassment – and men are getting fired, or worse, over it.

It’s time we draw a line.