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

[Crunchy Frog]

102. I'm not certain that Franken did what he was accused of doing.

If he actually was deliberately groping women, then I think resignation was the right thing, but I haven't seen enough evidence to convince me that he was.

I think it's just as, or more likely, that there was a combination of genuine misinterpretation of a few women, coupled with a concerted effort by the Rs to throw out false accusations against him.

The Dems should have allowed him to go through a process to either clear his name, or gather more solid evidence of wrongdoing.

They should not have engaged in that stampede to railroad him out of the Senate before there was sufficient evidence to make a solid case.

It's not about excusing bad behavior because it wasn't really that bad, but about making sure that he had actually done something wrong in the first place.