BTW, the admonition is not to believe women making accusations, it is to listen to them...

[Wounded Bear]

Just flat out believing every accusation is to fall into the RW "political correctness" trap, where everybody is too sensitive and people are destroyed unfairly.

Yes, all accusations and allegations should be listened to with respect and the woman treated with dignity, but believing her requires a certain amount of integrity and some kind of evidence, circumstantial or not.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Well stated. . . . nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. The last thing we need is for #MeToo to be weaponized.

I wholeheartedly concur.

[Silent3]

3. This has always been true, but if we didn't have the current need to defend Biden...

...specifically, you'd have been roundly trashed here on DU for daring to say such things.

[beachbumbob]

4. The first thing you do is look at the person making the accusation.

Doesn't matter who or what about. The accuser needs to be verified as being credible or not. Doesn't matter what the accusation is. I have dealt in the public forum and can tell you first hand about the credibility of many need to be established first.

[uponit7771]

5. K&R, Looks like Mika fell into text book confirmation bias seeing Joe said "start off with .. "