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lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
3. So it makes you wonder why she doesn't support Dr. Ford and her story
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 05:34 PM
Sep 2018

or if she does, how can she make excuses for the man who nominated Kavanaugh to the SCOTUS?

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
13. Because Trump Can Do No Wrong
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:43 PM
Sep 2018

Always remember that: Trump can do no wrong. To go against Kavanaugh is to go against Trump, and that's not allowed.

MaryMagdaline

(6,853 posts)
18. I used to be an anti-feminist myself ("I can take care of myself")
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:16 PM
Sep 2018

I would deny my own weakness and that of other women. If we were to be equal, we had to stop complaining about unfairness. Weakness is shameful.

There is a reason the victim doesn’t speak. You out yourself as a weakling and loser. The victim suffers sexual shame and social shame.

I don’t think we should wring our hands about Me,Too going too far. It changes the power dynamics. The power to tell. The power to embarrass. The power to ruin reputation. The timing of it. We can tell whenever we see fit to tell. When it will hurt you, the abuser, the most. You don’t control the outcome. We are safe when we escape. You are never safe. Those women that used to line up on your side and slut-shame the victim? They’re backing the victim.

Why does an abuser get to complain about the Statute of Limitations? We’ll hurt you when you’re most vulnerable. When you least expect it. When you think you’ve gotten away with it. Not a moment too soon.

keithbvadu2

(36,785 posts)
12. Did KA report it? How soon?
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:43 PM
Sep 2018

Did KA report it? How soon?

Legitimate questions according to the right wingers.

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
8. After she blamed victims, I will have to dig deep to find the abiity to
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 05:49 PM
Sep 2018

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I do, but it isn't easy to...

Dulcinea

(6,629 posts)
9. I recall her saying about Dr. Ford, "This woman will be heard."
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 05:50 PM
Sep 2018

I'm no fan of KAC, but sexual assault isn't something I would wish on anyone.

womanofthehills

(8,702 posts)
11. Yea, remember when we saw that video of Bannon grabbing at her walking down the street
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:40 PM
Sep 2018

If Bannon did it on the street, what did he do in the White House. She probably was sexually assaulted because it's the rare woman i know who has not been, but I think she will turn it around and say - look the FBI found no evidence that Dr. Ford was assaulted.



Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
15. I believe her. She was very emotional when she mentioned that.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:52 PM
Sep 2018

What I don't appreciate was her twisted logic toward the Kavanaugh situation.

 

wellst0nev0ter

(7,509 posts)
19. She is a proven lying, two-faced trumpanzee
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:21 PM
Sep 2018

So I'll believe her when it's verified.

Plus she used her pain to undercut Ford and the #MeToo movement during that interview, so really, fuck her and her kind.

I'm a victim of sexual assault. I don't expect Judge Kavanaugh or Jake Tapper or Jeff Flake or anybody to be held responsible for that.


http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1809/30/sotu.01.html

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
20. Whether or not I believe her is irrelevant (although I don't)
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:24 PM
Sep 2018

Even if I'm wrong, and I very well could be because I'm not her and have no idea what she's really thinking or been through, at the end of the day she either:

Is a victim of sexual assault and shames all other victims and herself by lying for and advancing the agenda of men like Donald Trump and Kavanaugh.

Or

Is telling what could very well be the 10 billionth lie she has told in her life to cover for men who are about as anti-woman as you can get, in which case she's an unbelievable, scumbag, reprehensible, god awful liar instead of just unbelievable, scumbag, reprehensible liar.

Either way, she's pretty much a terrible person, victim or not.

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