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Willie Pep

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2. Politicizing sexual harassment claims was going to have this impact.

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 02:56 AM

Dec 2017

If Franken resigns it will signal to the dirty tricksters that sexual harassment claims are a good way to destroy politicians and they will try to seek out or possibly fabricate claims in order to destroy the careers of politicians they dislike. The result will be that the public will become skeptical of ALL sexual harassment claims. I think this might end up setting the cause of sexual harassment victims back because of the "boy who cried wolf" effect.

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If harassment political hit jobs are sucessful every harassment claim will become suspect. [View all] Kablooie Dec 2017 OP

will mitch send roses to kirsten and rest of them. and maybe...chocolates? nt msongs Dec 2017 #1

Politicizing sexual harassment claims was going to have this impact. Willie Pep Dec 2017 #2

Exactly. Said much clearer than I did. Kablooie Dec 2017 #3

But this will only work to destroy Democratic politicians. Republicans enough Dec 2017 #4

And their voters don't care dalton99a Dec 2017 #5