An uncomfortable number of people here missing the point of #metoo and people like Al Franken

[Ms. Toad]

38. How do you know?

On what basis did you make that determination about one of Franken's accusers? I have never seen any support for the accusations that she is a political hack - other than we like Franken and cannot imagine him doing anything like that, so she must be a political operative.

The same must be true when the shoe is on the other foot.

The response to women making accusations that men abused them must not be based on party affiliation, as it was not only initially - but is until this very day done with with Franken.

The other Franken accusers, at least half of which were not anonymous (and some of those not publicly known were know to reporters - as Dr. Ford was until yesterday) are routinely and inappropriately (even, if it had been true) discounted as anonymous.

The credibility of women making accusations cannot be based on allegations that they are (1) anonymous (the same basis Republicans were using until Sunday for Dr. Ford), or (2) lacking in credibility because of political affiliation (there are no political boundaries for assaulting women), or (3) lacking in credibility because of past behavior (even hookers get raped).