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b_b · 1667 days ago · link · · parent · post: Biden Accuser Reade's Allegations Match Scene from Dead Father's Novel
They tried going head first on moral righteousness in the face of fake news with Al Franken, and that turned pretty sour pretty quickly. An unfortunate thing here is that every time someone lies like this it makes the MeToo thing less effective for victims. There are a lot of sociopaths in the world, so if we just say that an accusation is enough evidence to get someone shitcanned, then anyone can ruin anyone at the stroke of a pen or the point of a finger. That didn't work out too well for the Soviets, the Khmer Rouge, etc. For now, we still live in a world where evidence matters, and obvious lies should be called out even or perhaps especially in the special case when the lie is about a sexual assault.