Poll: Do you support the attempts to slut-shame Monica Lewinsky

[stevenleser]

45. For starters, I don't think they should be slut shamed. When discussing military and Secret Service

there are rules and regulations of their jobs that sometimes govern what happens to them.

When you are in the military overseas, the military sometimes designates entire areas of a country or city off limits. If you go into those areas and are caught, you are usually subject to harsh disciplinary measures. Do I think that is appropriate for non-military Americans in those countries? Of course not. You can be sure that it does not apply to the President.

I don't think those situations are applicable/translateable/make good examples. When you join the Secret Service or Armed Forces, you knowingly give up some of your civil liberties. Moreover, there is an on-duty/off-duty aspect to this. For example:

Do I think people should be fired if they have sex during their work shifts at work in the office? Yes. The Secret Service folks you mention are on the job the entire time they are on the President's advance team in a foreign country.

The President, on the other hand, works at his home. There is a natural mixing of work and private/home life that most other folks just don't have.

I don't think punishing someone for not being Victorian enough is something with which I want to be associated.