Do you believe Leann Tweeden?

[betsuni]

87. After a few days, yes, they change opinions with more information.

My point is that they completely bought the initial story, that many people believe the headlines without waiting for more information.

I was pretty shocked that the clear majority of Jezebel members also took Tweeden's accusation that Franken stuck his tongue down her throat as gospel. It wasn't even referred to as alleged or "if it's true." If you questioned it you were accused of having double standards or victim-blaming. I don't see this changing in the future. It's too entrenched in the culture, in my opinion, that anything bad about Democrats is true and anything bad about Republicans is hearsay and nobody should judge too soon, give them the benefit of the doubt. This makes me sad.