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13381336, Did Dr. Blasey Ford explain why she waited for Kavanaugh's nomination
Posted by Vex_id, Wed Apr-29-20 11:59 AM
before coming out and accusing Kavanaugh of sexual assault?

Are we using the same logic with this accusation as we did with Kavanaugh's? If not, why?

Coming forward (so publicly) to explain how you were sexually assaulted is a huge decision for these women - as it literally changes their entire public persona and forever attaches their name to the alleged sexual assault - a memory most of them would likely not want to resuscitate after years of pain and recovery. It's likely that many women only do this when they feel a moral imperative to inform the public prior to somebody like Kavanaugh (or here, Biden) gaining such a powerful position of leverage over the public.

Kavanaugh sitting on the D.C. Circuit court is one thing; sitting as a Supreme Court Justice is an entirely different level of power.

This simply isn't one of those areas where we should play team-ball and adjust our narratives based on who the accused is.

If you were openly and actively questioning Dr. Ford's accusations in the same fashion during the Kavanaugh confirmation - then I can certainly understand this line of logic. But I don't recall that you were.

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