So what makes Kobe any better than Brett Kavanaugh?

[Ms. Toad]

79. There are significant differences between the two of them.

Kobe Bryant made some level of acknowledgement/apology and just died and Brett Kavanaugh was running a smear campaign against his victim in order to obtain a seat on the highest court in the country.

As a rape survivor, I don't necessarily think that rapists need to be locked away from society and ostracized for the rest of their lives. Some are capable of growth and redemption. Kavanaugh clearly had not moved beyond frat boy rape mentality. I don't know whether Bryant had or not.

That said - this thread is really making me angry with all of the "lying slut she deserved it comments." No one is literally saying that - but that is what is meant when they suggest - for example - that there was semen from someone else on her panties or in her vagina, wink-wink.

Trashing women who disclose they have beeen raped is beyond te pale. It is possible to suggest that Bryant's situation is different without trashing his victim.