That Ms. Tweedy's photo does NOT show actual physical contact has now been accepted by

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6. It. Doesn't. Matter.

It doesn't matter whether he physically touched her or not, or whether she was wearing a flak jacket if he did, etc., etc, etc.

HE HIMSELF has admitted that what he did was inappopriate and OFFENSIVE. It's a crude "joke" -- which isn't funny OR ACCEPTABLE / DISMISSABLE except to other crude, sexist people.

Look, I'm heartbroken about this. And for a while when I first heard the news I wanted to disbelieve her, shame her, figure out whether or not she was a rightwing plant, but NONE OF THAT works.

Let's PLEASE stop being hypocritical when one of our own shows up to have been a crude brute.

I'm just praying this was the only instance, but TBH, just as we saw with Cosby, Trump, Weinstein, Roy Moore, Kevin Spacey, Louis CK, and basically ALL the others - - - this rarely happens as a one-off.

Some men have got to learn to stop that shit. And others have to learn not to try to defend it esp. by demonizing the accuser or treating the story dismissively.