What has DU come to we have numerous posts excusing alleged sexual misconduct

[NanceGreggs]

133. No one is excusing anything.

Allegations have been made against Senator Franken, and people have a right to question whether those allegations have any substance or merit.

Given the source of those allegations, her numerous ties to RW personalities and the GOP, and the timing of her accusations, their veracity is highly questionable – if not downright suspect.

As has been made evident over the past few days, there are those among us who see Franken’s actions as ranging between a tasteless but harmless joke and totally inappropriate behaviour. But I’ve not seen a single post here saying that Franken is guilty of what has been alleged, but let’s just “excuse it” because he’s a Democrat.

You have chosen to take Ms. Tweedon’s version of events as gospel truth, as is your prerogative. But most Democrats have come to recognize the tactics of Republicans for what they are: a desperate attempt to project their own criminal doings onto a Democrat in hopes they can sell the “both sides do it” argument in order to distract attention away from their own.

There is nothing coincidental about “sexual misconduct” accusations being levied against a popular Democratic senator at exactly the same time the GOP is desperately trying to un-do the damage that a known pedophile running for office is causing within their own ranks.

No one is “excusing” Senator Franken’s actions “just because said conduct is alleged to have been committed by a Democrat”. No one. Questioning the truthfulness of those allegations is a far different thing than “excusing” them out-of-hand. And given the mud-slinging proclivities of the GOP, along with the endless stream of lies they have a penchant for disseminating, questioning everything they say and do has become a mandatory exercise for all of us.