#ME TOO – Elie Wiesel Assaulted 19 Year Old Student at charity event in 1980s

Yeah, alright, he put his hand on your arse and that’s bad news but “she struggled with “anxiety, panic attacks and suicidal depression” as she kept the story inside (for fear of)…spark(ing) anti-Semitism”. Sure. Many people have suffered real trauma and never had those kinds of reactions. And, by all means, let’s toss in the “anti-Semitism card for good measure”. 😢

It happens all the time. Does it make it right? No. But it still happens all the time. I will say that older men WILL often molest a younger female (or male) because they’re intimidated by the age difference and shocked and usually unable to say anything to anyone. I only told my family after decades had passed (and I could sort of chuckle about it) about a time DURING A PAPAL AUDIENCE in Rome in that large hall in the Vatican with hundreds of people in attendance. We were packed in like sardines and trying to peer over the people in front of us. Montini was Pope then. It was 1973. I was a young teenager. Some really old man proceeded to do the same to me as was done to Listman, except that it lasted on and off for the duration of the audience. I tried to squirm my way away from this old fool, but there was little wiggle room to be had. My sister was with me. I didn’t even say a word to her at the time. What bothered me most I think was that other people must have seen what he was doing but no older person said a word to this creep. I wish I had had the fortitude to jam my elbow into his stomach, or step on his feet and break one of his toes, or even turn around and slap him hard in the face, but I was a kid from NY and we were in Rome seeing the Pope.