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IluvPitties

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9. Just a comment. Everyone insisted in calling Christine Ford "DOCTOR Ford"
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:49 PM
Feb 2019

I found it over the top, but that was the way everyone decided to address her. Dr. Tyson deserves the same courtesy.

#MeToo InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #1
Agree. Bleacher Creature Feb 2019 #2
#metoo doesn't mean guilt by accusation, #NoFranken2.0 !!! uponit7771 Feb 2019 #3
So, you believe that Justin Fairfax is a rapist because people you don't know and who don't know EffieBlack Feb 2019 #4
Because "why didn't they press charges" sounds like victim blaming to me LexVegas Feb 2019 #10
Asking why a woman who has come forward to publicly accuse a man of rape but refuses to EffieBlack Feb 2019 #15
Are you a rape survivor? Because I think you are disingenuous to not acknowledge the reality- 58Sunliner Feb 2019 #47
I fully understand that EffieBlack Feb 2019 #53
That's quite a catch 22 theboss Feb 2019 #66
No, dear, that's not what I said EffieBlack Feb 2019 #69
So you have to report the crime first - Even 30 years later? theboss Feb 2019 #75
The statute of limitations had run by the time Dr. Ford came forward, so she couldn't "report" it EffieBlack Feb 2019 #76
I can email her if you want. (Seriously, I have this ability) theboss Feb 2019 #78
Is everything ok? Empowerer Feb 2019 #82
Ok.... ehrnst Feb 2019 #89
Press charges? 15 years ago...he said /she said. There will be no evidence. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #117
The statute of limitations is not up on the Kavanaugh case. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #84
This AP report says that the charges that would have applied to Kavanaugh pnwmom Feb 2019 #94
The AP are a bunch of right wing stooges who farmed a random attorney with an opinion. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #100
But what matters is what the statute of limitations was at the time of the crime. pnwmom Feb 2019 #109
You are looking only at the misdemeanor offense. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #111
Was that the case in 1984 or whatever year this was? theboss Feb 2019 #114
The legal situation seems murky and no conclusion was ever reached because Ford didn't pursue it. pnwmom Feb 2019 #122
I'm not the only person who thought Kavanaugh might have faced a kidnapping charge Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #106
You are incorrect. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #95
I'll stick with the opinion of the previous Maryland Deputy Attorney General and Lawrence Tribe Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #99
They're both correct that Maryland HAS no statute of limitations for rape and felony assault EffieBlack Feb 2019 #128
Again: Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #131
He. Doesn't. Disagree. With. Me. About. Current. Maryland. Law. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #139
Yes he does disagree with you about the applicable law. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #142
If he disagrees with me and thinks a statute of limitations passed after 1982 applies to a 1982 case EffieBlack Feb 2019 #146
Why do you even bother trying to reason with these people, sister girl? Empowerer Feb 2019 #147
I ask myself that all the time EffieBlack Feb 2019 #150
Attempted rape is not the same as assault with intent to rape. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #148
You still haven't learned you don't come for the Queen unless she sends for you? Empowerer Feb 2019 #103
You might want to read a little further. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #105
No, I don't need to Empowerer Feb 2019 #143
The facts on which you premise Tyson's "obligation" to press charges Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #74
So, you're saying that a woman who has publicly made an accusation, an accusation that she put out EffieBlack Feb 2019 #77
No. I'm saying it is entirely her choice as to whether she presses charges. Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #130
Of course, it's her choice EffieBlack Feb 2019 #133
You're still twisting the truth Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #136
No. Her first public statement was her Facebook post that she allowed to be shared to the public EffieBlack Feb 2019 #138
"tools that society provides her to actually follow through - including the criminal justice system" progressoid Feb 2019 #126
Yes. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #129
Now a 2nd woman has come forward when she should've followed your advice & gone to the cops instead. progressoid Feb 2019 #132
You seem to be having trouble following my point, so I will break it down for you. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #135
That's an interesting tactic. progressoid Feb 2019 #140
Yes, I do EffieBlack Feb 2019 #141
I've read Dr. Tyson's statement. progressoid Feb 2019 #145
That would be comparable to asking someone if they had ever been subject to pnwmom Feb 2019 #97
Now that I've revealed my background in my brillaint Kavanaugh essay, I'll do you one better theboss Feb 2019 #11
"So, take that as you will." OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #18
I'm guessing I'm the only poster here who could, like, send her an email if I really wanted to theboss Feb 2019 #21
You do that, big guy. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #24
Who said that she's "a mentally ill loon being used by Roger Fucking Stone?" ehrnst Feb 2019 #57
I'll guess that's a "No, I don't have any links." ehrnst Feb 2019 #93
While I appreciate your sincerity, we have a legal system that relies on principles of justice pnwmom Feb 2019 #98
.... ehrnst Feb 2019 #92
Effie, you have a way with words that get right to the heart of the matter. brush Feb 2019 #54
+1000 Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #118
I believe her because her actions mirrored mine in non-reporting Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #5
Thats one of the disgusting things I've read: "Why didn't she press charges?" LexVegas Feb 2019 #13
you must have missed the threads that if she went into his room, she should have expected sex Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #17
I saw that one too. Wish I had not. nt LexVegas Feb 2019 #19
"He then took my hand and pulled me towards the bed" Demit Feb 2019 #79
I haven't asked and wouldn't ask why she didn't press charges. EffieBlack Feb 2019 #56
No, it's too enable people to talk about sexual violence and be believed. It's not a revenge fantasy theboss Feb 2019 #102
Seems we have got to the point where our morals are fluid ripcord Feb 2019 #149
I assume no police report? Pantagruel Feb 2019 #6
I believe Vanessa Tyson. I understand her not reporting it since it was just Autumn Feb 2019 #7
Did she say this was a repressed memory? Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #8
You did read that and no she did not say it was a repressed memory. A poster pushed that Autumn Feb 2019 #14
She called it a suppressed memory and a buried memory. LisaL Feb 2019 #16
Here is the letter, she said she felt shame and humiliation and Autumn Feb 2019 #22
I had not heard that. Honestly that sounds like it could have been therapist produced. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #112
I don't know and I wouldn't presume to guess. I'm going with what Dr. Tyson said and Autumn Feb 2019 #116
I just can't support either of them. There is insufficient information. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #124
What does that mean? Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #20
Have you ever done something, or had something happen to you that was so humiliating Autumn Feb 2019 #25
I have no clue why you would have to call something like this a suppressed or buried memory. LisaL Feb 2019 #27
I didn't call it anything. A poster asked and I told the poster what Dr. Tyson said. Autumn Feb 2019 #28
She called it both suppressed and buried. LisaL Feb 2019 #34
She said she suppressed it and got on with her education. When she saw him the Autumn Feb 2019 #42
I crushed my spine and went into shock Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #41
You are certainly entitled to how you deal with your memories, as is Dr. Tyson on how Autumn Feb 2019 #43
Well, I don't. Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #44
In matters of a sexual nature there's a world of difference between women and animals. Autumn Feb 2019 #60
Wrong. It's right there in her report n/t kcr Feb 2019 #30
In Dr. Tysons letter? I haven't seen a report. She used the term suppressed not repressed. nt Autumn Feb 2019 #31
This is from her statement. LAS14 Feb 2019 #29
It is open to interpretation. LisaL Feb 2019 #32
Just a comment. Everyone insisted in calling Christine Ford "DOCTOR Ford" IluvPitties Feb 2019 #9
Presently, she's given me absolutely no reason for me to think she's lying. BlueStater Feb 2019 #12
As I wrote above (and was mocked for), I have a first-hand account of her character theboss Feb 2019 #26
I believe both of them. OilemFirchen Feb 2019 #23
I don't "believe" her or him Jarqui Feb 2019 #33
Not sure about the "only one of them can be"... regnaD kciN Feb 2019 #45
LOLLLL. 58Sunliner Feb 2019 #50
He maintains they were in communication for months afterwards Jarqui Feb 2019 #52
Oh so that automatically means she's telling the truth? Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #35
... LexVegas Feb 2019 #36
So you've got nothing... We're done here, thanks for playing. Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #37
... LexVegas Feb 2019 #39
It is far too convenient Apollyonus Feb 2019 #38
Uh...what? regnaD kciN Feb 2019 #46
ummmmmm Apollyonus Feb 2019 #48
Ummm Indeed Me. Feb 2019 #51
So she's going to falsely accuse another Democrat... regnaD kciN Feb 2019 #55
So if a woman makes an accusation against your father, brother, husband or male friend, Vinca Feb 2019 #40
I neither believe nor disbelieve Fairfax and Tyson. David__77 Feb 2019 #49
I'm with you. (nt) ehrnst Feb 2019 #58
Same here. Need more info. But there's more to it. Hortensis Feb 2019 #59
... Baltimike Feb 2019 #61
... LexVegas Feb 2019 #62
Lex, I want to hear from both sides DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #64
They don't know or don't care to know. nt LexVegas Feb 2019 #65
Lex, they need to familiarize themselves DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #67
If he ratfucking in Virginia succeeds...this will never end. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #71
Why doesn't Fairfax deserve the benefit of the doubt? This is a very old accusation... Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #63
Should we investigate Dr. Tyson's finances? theboss Feb 2019 #68
I don't know...was she paid ? I had not heard this. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #70
If it's Republican ratfucking, it would make sense theboss Feb 2019 #73
It could be personal. Maybe he angered her in some way...it has happened before. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #80
Then it's not Republican ratfucking...unless she's a Republican and has been lying in her career theboss Feb 2019 #81
Not neccesarily...if she complained an it was reported back to the GOP, they could have found out... Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #83
The old "woman scorned" defense to rape allegations. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #86
This has happened. you know that. My feeling is we will never know and I find it unfair Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #87
We'll put you down for not believing women. Does that go for Doctor Ford and Kavanaugh? Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #91
Dr. Ford was in a different situation. First of all she was a child. Secondly' she had no Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #115
It was not a "suppressed memory" thing so knock that shit off Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #119
I don't see the difference between supressed or repressed...just so you know I was the victim of Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #121
Second of all, her being a child at the time of the attempted rape has nothing do with it. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #120
I don't agree with that. But if charges are not filed, how do you sort it out decades later? Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #123
Charges being filed is a red herring. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #125
Some of these responses are antediluvian. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #108
Where did that come from? ehrnst Feb 2019 #90
One doesn't even have to believe this is ratf*cking to give Fairfax the benefit of the doubt EffieBlack Feb 2019 #72
That is true. Lot's of hearts Effie! You are beloved on DU...I am sadly out of pocket with hubs Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #85
Your post is worth a thousand hearts!!! EffieBlack Feb 2019 #96
Thank you that means a great deal. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #110
I wonder, if Fairfax had stayed an obscure lawyer, & she bumped into him years later in a restaurant Demit Feb 2019 #88
These things need to be in a separate forum. Every day we get a new revelation of wrong doing wasupaloopa Feb 2019 #101
Vanessa Tyson is an African American Democratic scholar DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #104
This is the woman being slandered as a liar who was asking for it by going to the hotel Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #107
Seems like a solid woman of the left. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #113
Maybe a forum called, EllieBC Feb 2019 #127
More women are coming forward madville Feb 2019 #134
OK, that's what I wanted Pantagruel Feb 2019 #137
I don't believe or not believe her. WeekiWater Feb 2019 #144
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