In the new movie Joker, the villain played by Joaquin Phoenix He does not precisely wage a glorious struggle between David and Goliath, between himself and the system, but only against himself. The Joker, imprisoned and admired for his crimes, is prey to his own character enhanced by legend. And the person it contains will want to grow, defend himself and impose himself at the cost of losing his girlfriend (Lady Gaga) and the masses of followers he has been accumulating. And that fight between person and character, fun in an action movie, is unacceptable as a justification for sexual harassment and multiple humiliating behaviors such as those who, presumably, caused the fall of Íñigo Errejón.
The last survivor of those who were going to assault the skies leaves. It has fallen. And not precisely because he has not managed to achieve his objectives, reduce equality in Spain or bring young people closer to the desired housing, but because of the sexist and sexual abuse that his group came to combat. Person or character? What is Errejón telling us with that infamous justification What does he attribute to the demands of being “on the front line” for his “toxic” behaviors? Olof Palme walked and used public transport, Angela Merkel ordered the same jacket in various colors to simplify her wardrobe, Manuela Carmena also went by bus and made her own food and none of them needed to force themselves violently on anyone as a result of the “rhythms.” of power.
Beyond the Penal Code, hypocrisy is perhaps the worst crime in politics and here the supposed moral authority of the left crashes into a sordid reality personified in José Luis Ábalos who makes his paid partner pay for the luxury apartment. to the Errejón who harasses and mistreats, all of this supposedly. If we had that attitude exclusively associated with a Donald Trump lacking feminist principles (he has already been convicted for payments to silence a porn actress), by Valencian Vox deputy convicted of mistreatment or to popular mayor who sexually harassed Nevenka until we destroyed it, we were wrong. Or we didn’t want to see it. Because: who has not met the abusive progressive singer, the redder boss than anyone who imposes himself on the intern over drinks, the magistrate or the left-wing politician accused of gender violence? And what we won’t know. Sexist abuse has no sidewalk. But it hurts more when it happens when flags are raised against him.
We have made progress in something in Spain. The mayor of Ponferrada received the warmth of his people, who socially condemned Nevenka, while here no one will support Errejón. Furthermore, Errejón is not Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker and his little character will quickly dissolve into his person without attacking anything but hell.
