Seinfeld on Louis C.K: "We, the court of public opinion, decided if he’s going to come back, he’d better show a lot of pain. Because he denied them that."

If it's coercion for someone higher up in an industry to ask for you to watch them to masturbate, then can't all inter-industry relationships where one person has more power be defined as wrong?

'I felt like we had to go on a date bc they were higher up in the company than me.'

'I felt like we had to be friends, bc they were higher up in the company than me.'

Sure, asking someone to watch you to jerk off in front of them is pretty extreme and might seem a more obvious attempt at coercion, but isn't more provable than Louis isn't just a bit of a weirdo in the bedroom, than saying that any non-lateral relationship is just a power play from the higher up. You can't actually prove Louis wasn't just asking because he was into that sort of thing for its own sake. There's nothing coming out from the actual reports that there was a part at stake or potential promotion, it's just assumed.

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