Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Harris: 'I believe' Biden accusers [View all]avebury
(10,951 posts)Some are valid and some are hit jobs. The Me Too Movement has created an atmosphere where people with agendas (vengeance, political hit jobs, and so on) can hide among the real victims. The movement has set up a situation where people are supposed to automatically say "I believe ____________) before a thoughtful review of an allegation is even made. Ultimately, this atmosphere does not bode well for true victims while allowing for some innocent men and/or women to be tarred and feathered along with the guilty.
Anybody, politicians included (it doesn't matter what party they belong to), who leap to the I believe her without thoughtful deliberation would make me wonder how great their judgement is overall. We saw what happened to Al Franken, they couldn't shove him out of the Senate fast enough. And what happened after that? Crickets. All the accusations went appeared to vanish.
Republicans are experts at getting Democrats to eat their own. That needs to stop.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden