Anita Hill Struck By Kavanaugh's Anger Versus Accuser's Calm

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Source: Associated Press

By Nomaan Merchant, 4 hrs. ago.

HOUSTON -- Anita Hill says one of the things that stood out to her from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's hearing was how his emotional and angry testimony compared to the calm testimony of the woman accusing him of sexual assault.

Hill gave Senate testimony in 1991 about her allegations of sexual harassment by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill spoke Friday at the Grace Hopper Celebration, a gathering of women technologists in Houston, one day after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Ford, a California psychology professor, has accused Kavanaugh of pinning her in a locked room at a party and trying to assault her more than three decades ago, when they were in high school. Kavanaugh forcefully denied the allegations and accused Democrats of trying to smear him.

Hill noted that during Thursday's hearing, Kavanaugh "was able to express a real anger, an aggression, as well as a lot of emotion." No female Supreme Court candidate, she said, "would ever have the license to express (herself) in that way."...More...


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Hill noted that during hearing, Kavanaugh "was able to express a real anger, an aggression, as well as a lot of emotion." No female Supreme Court candidate, she said, "would ever have the license to express (herself) in that way."

"We still have so far to go in terms of the power that he had and the license that he had ... to cry or to be angry," she said.

Also, Hill says she was impressed with Ford's demeanor and her careful responses to questions. She said she recognized Ford's fear but also her openness to "share it in a setting where she didn't want to be



Sept. 26, 2018. Anita Hill speaks at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Hill gave Senate testimony in 1991 about her allegations of sexual harassment by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill spoke on Friday, Sept. 28, in Houston at a gathering of women technologists, one day after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill

Denials and "a high tech lynching," Clarence Thomas hearing, Oct. 1991

[guillaumeb]

1. Kavanaugh is angry that a woman

would dare to question his integrity and fitness. Ironic, that.

[appalachiablue]

2. People are roiling in this country over this issue & many others.

[spooky3]

3. I think Kavanaugh's anger display was only about 50% genuine.

I think he was coached that an innocent man would be extremely indignant and angry, and Trump (and possibly others) told him the more extreme, the better to convince everyone of his innocence.

Wrong.

[appalachiablue]

5. I agree. It's said that T. was displeased with the earlier Fox

'choir boy' interview. So they (including the coaches) overdid it, poor execution and then backfire/disaster.

[Raine]

6. I think so too

it seemed at least partly scripted, not really genuine at all. I can see being angry but he went way too far.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Kavanaugh reminds me of a serial abuser--

the kind of man who carefully maintains an image of a fine, upstanding man in public and then goes home to punch his wife because she made meatloaf instead of chicken for dinner so it’s all her fault that he’s angry and had to hit her. If his anger was not an act, then that display of anger and emotion about being questioned should have eliminated him instantly. He obviously does not have good judgment.

[Bayard]

7. I think Kavenaugh should have been give a breathalyzer test before the hearing

He came across as a mean drunk who had downed a few of his favorite beers before the hearing.

I've also noticed his wife, in both this hearing, and clips of his other hearings, looks exactly the same. Like she's wearing an emotionless mask.....

[FakeNoose]

8. I think this was carefully staged by Cheeto

Cheeto watched Kav whining and sniveling on TV, and told him to "man up" and "start yelling at them." Somehow he got a private text or tweet to Graham and Kavanaugh, because the sniveling stopped immediately. Also the other Repukes jumped in and piled on right away. We all saw it happen and we were all WTF??!

Kavanaugh and Graham started ranting like Cheeto would have, if he'd been there.

[appalachiablue]

9. Yes. Trump supposedly didn't like the previous Fox 'choir boy'

interview and he was expected to 'man up' and defend his innocence in the charges. The strategy and coaches overdid it, backfired. Some also think Graham's outrage speech was directed.