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In reply to the discussion: We are shattered now [View all]avebury
(10,952 posts)Like Brutus to Cesar, the Democrats took out their knives and finished of Al Franken for the Republicans.
They denied Al Franken any chance to prove his innocence. There was no actual investigation of the allegations.
This whole Me To movement has gone way overboard. All a woman has to do is claim harassment and she is automatically believed without any type of investigation. Women in general risk becoming the boy who cried wolf. I personally find myself less likely to believe a woman because of the total lack of investigation of the claims and the rush to judgment. The fact is that there will be some men who will be innocent of allegations but they won't be believed because people will assume that there has to be something if the woman makes a claim. The automatic acceptance of a claim and lack of any type of real investigation results in feeding into the Rethug narrative of fake news. Just like not everybody that ends on death row deserve to be there, not everyone accused of sexual assault might actually be guilty of the crime they are alleged to have committed. Rethugs are masters of the dirty play book.
Is Al Franken perfect? No, but neither are you, me or anybody else. The Republicans planned and executed a perfect hit job with the full cooperation of the Democrats. That is unforgivable.