Is Swalwell being rat fucked? (Poll)

[Jirel]

101. I love how women are not to be believed.

Shame.

If there was nothing to it, if he was being ratfucked, Swallwell had all the opportunities in the world to fight back.

Instead, once again someone who seems just a few hairs’-breadths away from the equivalent of supporting their favorite politician even if he did rape a few women with his best friend who had a whole island for raping women, is casting doubt on whether their favorite politician really did abuse a woman who came forward with a detailed story and evidence.

Being “our guy” is not an excuse to cast doubt when apparently HE isn’t even casting doubt on a pretty long-term abusive situation. He has all the reason and ability to fight it, if the story is false. It could land him with criminal charges, for a start. But he isn’t.

Bringing up Franken doesn’t help the argument. What Franken did was nowhere as serious, and there was no reason for him to lie about it. He didn’t. He had a couple options - stay in politics and let the voters decided if it was a big deal, or bow out because, if nothing else, it was not conduct many felt was befitting a man in high office. He chose how he chose. He was not in danger of criminal charges, etc.

We do not do ourselves any favors when we try to protect our politicians from accusations of misconduct and keep them on because… why? The other side has no shame? We want to assume women lie, especially when they come forward with stories that will tank their own careers? We get frustrated with the inconvenience losing a “good” candidate and having to work harder to bring us someone else who should be vetted even harder?

We need to stop making excuses or raising doubts to “save” politicians who are credibly accused. If the same level of evidence was raised with regard to abusing an elder family member or their child, the party would instantly turn against them. But a woman? “Oh, you know, women lie…”