a very wise saying but I don't think it applies here. Slander cannot be demonstrated. It is more than plausible IMHO that Maher said what she says he said...LOL

Anyhow, the problem with this whole narrative is that women somehow believe they get to have arbitrary say over just what is "harassment" and what is not.

The book and movie 50 Shades of Grey should remind us all of what we like to forget or ignore about women. That is that women will tolerate almost any indignity or insult if it comes from a man to whom she finds (arbitrarily) desirable.
In other words men whom the woman does NOT find desirable get punished for:
A)being unattractive/undesirable
B)not knowing that making verbal or other advances are punishable because they (the men) are undesirable.

Also it is telling that women "tolerated" unwanted or uncouth remarks during a period of time when the men making those remarks had something that the women wanted.
Things like drugs and the party lifestyle (Bill Cosby) and potential to help them (women) achieve their own ambitions for fame and wealth (Weinstein and now Maher).

Here we are decades gone by since the "offending" behavior was done - women like this have crashed through the wall as the saying goes. They are old, no longer able to open doors with their sexy good looks, have little left to show for their years of riding the coat tails and sucking the cocks of the rich, influential men they encountered and now they are bitter as hell.

I have no doubt whatsoever that Maher said what she says he said. He probably said the same thing or similar things to hundreds of women over the years as a "B" level celebrity.

Rose McGowan knows this as well as anybody. She's just trying to cash in on the me too narrative because she needs the money and her only other option is to start selling her tired old mouth and pussy for money at the Bunny Ranch in Carson City, Nev.

@iThink The Socrates quote also applies to Maher's calling McGowan a "harridan," which was the intent of my comment.

@TimTuolomne it's not slander if Maher said what she claims he said. that's my point

@iThink, I would look up the definition if I were you.

@TimTuolomne do you mean the definition of slander?

@TimTuolomne here you go:

slan·der
/ˈslandər/
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nounLAW
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
"he is suing the TV network for slander"
Similar:
defamation
defamation of character
character assassination
misrepresentation of character
calumny
libel
scandalmongering
malicious gossip
muckraking
smear campaigning
disparagement
denigration
derogation
aspersions
vilification
traducement
obloquy
backbiting
scurrility
lie
slur
smear
untruth
false accusation
false report
insult
slight
mudslinging
bad-mouthing
contumely
Opposite:
acclamation
praise
verb
make false and damaging statements about (someone).
"they were accused of slandering the head of state"