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PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Hillary Clinton ? Hillary Clinton  took to Facebook on Tuesday just hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address defending  her  decision to retain a male campaign worker who sexually harassed a female on staff.
 Clinton  wrote in  her  post that men should be held accountable for their actions and everyone  regardless of gender  should protect women from any abuse.
In the lengthy post   Clinton  didn’t  however  reflect or comment on  her  husband  President Bill Clinton  who lied about his sexual conduct with a White House intern and was accused by several women of sexual assault.
“I very much understand the question I’m being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior ”  Clinton  wrote. “The short answer is this: If I had it to do again  I wouldn’t.”
Nonetheless   Clinton  defends  her  decision  saying that  she  thought reprimanding the offender  cutting his pay and access to the victim  and ordering the man to undergo counseling.  She  also promoted the victim.
“Through it all  I’ve always taken firing very seriously ”  Clinton  wrote. “Taking away someone’s livelihood is perhaps the most serious thing an employer can do.”
“When faced with a situation like this  if I think it’s possible to avoid termination while still doing right by everyone involved  I am inclined in that direction ”  Clinton  said. “I do not put this forward as a virtue or a vice – just as a fact about how I view these matters.”
 Clinton  also wrote that  she  believes in “second chances” and has been the recipient of those chances.
 Clinton  said  she  contacted the woman that once worked on  her  2008 campaign to make certain  she  was doing well despite  her  experience while working for  Clinton .
The Facebook post  though  quickly morphs into a commentary on how others are to blame for the scourge of sexual harassment in the headlines of late  including  her  own “me too” moment.
“Over the past year  a seismic shift has occurred in the way we approach and respond to sexual harassment  both as a society and as individuals ”  Clinton  said  adding that it took women from all walks of life coming forward to make this happen.”
My own decision to write in my memoir about my experiences being sexually harassed and physically threatened early in my career – the first time was in college – was more agonizing than it should have been ”  Clinton  said.
Now  men   Clinton  concluded  are “on notice.”
“Men are now on notice that they will truly be held accountable for their actions ”  Clinton  said. “Especially now  we all need to be thinking about the complexities of sexual harassment  and be willing to challenge ourselves to reassess and question our own views.”
“In other words  everyone’s now on their second chance  both the offenders and the decision-makers ”  Clinton  added. “Let’s do our best to make the most of it.”
Ironically   Clinton  touted  her  advocacy for women and girls in the post  despite  her  longstanding support for abortion that has claimed the lives of millions of female babies and Planned Parenthood  which awarded  her  with its Margaret Sanger award in 2009.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Gus Kenworthy ? Call it a good news-bad news scenario for  Gus Kenworthy .
 The outspoken freestyle skier  broke  his  thumb in training on Thursday.
 He  tweeted out a picture of  his  X-Ray  along with one of  his  freshly casted hand and included this quip: "It won't stop me from competing (obvi) but it does prevent me from shaking Pence's hand so ... Silver linings! "
 Kenworthy  has previously said  he  would not go to the White House as part of the traditional visit the U.S. Olympic team makes after the Olympics.

SOLUTION: Positive

PROBLEM: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Sidney Crosby ? This report was published just after the Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement confirming their intent to visit the White House  and threw into stark relief  the comments of superstar Sidney Crosby  a native of Cole Harbour  Nova Scotia .
 His comments  came as Donald Trump attacked black athletes protesting police violence as "sons of bitches " declaring they should be fired for "disrespecting the flag." Following his comments players from all 28 NFL teams responded on Sunday by kneeling during the US anthem in mass solidarity. Faced with responding to athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism  the Penguins sided with Trump. Any pretense that their intent to visit the White House was apolitical was rapidly debunked by Trump's gleeful tweet praising them as a "great team."
This wishful thinking disappeared when  Crosby  was found to have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  he  saw the visit "as an opportunity." But  he  also said there had been "little to no discussion" in the locker room about the decision to go.
"I'm pretty aware of what's going on "  Crosby  told the Post-Gazette. "People have that right to not go  too. Nobody's saying they have to go. As a group  we decided to go. There hasn't really been a whole lot of discussion about it."
Sidney Crosby  a 30-year-old man and hometown hero in Nova Scotia  has been defended by apologists who suggested that as a Canadian  he simply did not understand race issues in America. Canada  they argue  does not have the same issues with race.
Racism is a problem in the NHL.  Sidney Crosby  the sport's biggest name   had a chance to speak  not only in support of  his  colleagues in football and basketball  but for players like Dustin Byfuglien.
This is a league where PK Subban played in front of Montreal fans who went to games in blackface  and where  he  was memorably accused of not playing the "white" way (a telling slip). A league where Evander Kane endured vicious racism in Winnipeg  the town famously called Canada's most racist city by Maclean's magazine. Where even Jarome Iginla—the model for many respectable  humble  black athletes—experienced racism severe enough that his mother spoke out about it. Wayne Simmonds  a descendent of African Nova Scotians  had a banana thrown at him on the ice.
Racism is a problem in the NHL.  Sidney Crosby  the sport's biggest name   had a chance to speak  not only in support of  his  colleagues in football and basketball  but for players like Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien was the only black player on the USA roster at the World Cup of Hockey  where coach John Tortorella threatened to bench any player who protested during the anthem. That tournament was played in Toronto  where Black Lives Matter protesters have taken numerous actions to protest police killings and carding of black people. The children of Toronto's significant population of African and Caribbean immigrants are the hockey players of the future  the future roommates of white players who will ride with them on the bus  buddy with them  and then let them know that when it comes down to it  their lives do not matter.

SOLUTION:
Positive