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The Public Fall Of Bill Cosby
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Since allegations arose that Cosby drugged and raped dozens or perhaps hundreds of women in his heyday, the world has been looking for a way to get revenge. The U.S. Navy revoked the honorary title of Chief Petty Officer they bestowed upon Cosby back in 2011. His star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame has been so repeatedly vandalized that workers had to remove it. Long standing concert dates have been canceled with patrons demanding their money back. Even old show business friends have turned their backs on Cosby in light of the damning evidence mounting against him. In a running joke among longtime members of the comedy circuit, several comedians publicly acknowledged that Cosby’s sexual abuse behavior has been one of America’s worst kept secrets.
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In a recent appearance on the You Made It Weird podcast, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt said this:
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“The Bill Cosby thing is so f**king awful, and what’s worse for comedians is a lot of us have known for a long f**king time. It was a very badly kept secret in the comedian world, and a lot of us would talk about it. Bobcat Goldthwait would mention it all the time, and really people would just go, ‘ah, that’s bulls**t.’ It took this long, and what really drives me f**king crazy about it is the idea that these women… just imagine, he did the s**t he did to these women when they were young and they were on this upswing. ‘Oh wow! My life is starting, my career’s starting… I’m gonna meet Bill Cosby,’ and this awful thing happens. They can never talk about it, so he’s just shot the ground out from under them. Not just in that one incident, but for decades of their lives when they’re supposed to be enjoying the time when they’re in their physical prime, in their mental prime, enjoying life. Some guy takes that away from them, he doesn’t lose a second of sleep over it… and by the way, how many women have come forward at this point, like thirteen? That means that there’s hundreds. That means that there’s f**king hundreds. If you see one cockroach there’s a thousand in your house. And they had to sit there for decades while this guy did this over and over again, didn’t lose any sleep, was beloved, and even now, everything is being taken away from him, but at worst he lives in comfy seclusion for the last years of his life. He lives in absolute luxurious exile for the rest of his life. That is one of the horrors of life.’”
– Patton Oswalt, Comedian
In America, we have all been taught to believe that every citizen is innocent until proven guilty. However, with all the judgments and punishments already mounting against Cosby, we all know this is a bunch of bullshit. Still, the evidence and sheer number of women who have already come forward don’t necessarily make Cosby’s case for innocence look very promising. So, what if he really did it?
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Granted, Bill Cosby is either a rapist or the victim of a set-up. However, the truth is, if Cosby is guilty, the statue of limitations has long since run out on there being a trial or of him being convicted. Had these women come forward a dozen or so years ago, it would be a no brainer. But they did not. So, no matter what any of us personally believe, the allegations will forever remain their word against his.
So, what exactly does the world want from Bill Cosby? Do they want him to get on national TV and admit he spent the better years of his life as a serial rapist? Do they want him to go crawl under a rock and never show his face in the light of day until he dies? NONE of this will EVER happen. EVER. Even if he allowed a public reckoning of the events he’s being accused of, tangible evidence proving he did or didn’t do it no longer exists, which means he is damned if he does or damned if he doesn’t regardless. So, what does the world want and/or expect from Bill Cosby? Is he a rapist or is he being extorted?
I have to be careful what I say here because this is a very sensitive subject for me. You see, I was a victim of sexual assault as a child by a an adult male family member. I was 9 yrs old when it happened and it took me until age 20 to tell my mother and grandmother. Granted I was a child when it happened. The women accusing Bill Cosby were adults at the time (young adults but adults nevertheless) and they too waiited years, even decades, to report it. But I'd say ….based on Mr, Cosby's response, or the lack thereof, so far (to say nothing of the sheer number of women coming forward accusing this man)…there's way too much smoke for there NOT to be some fire. In conclusion……I can't say what the world wants or expects from Mr. Cosby. But I can say this …. IF… Read more »