Me toooooooooo?

Maybe because they were hoping people would have forgotten all of Clinton's victims. Catholics are complaining that no one is saying a word about the seminarian victims of the bishops and cardinals and priests.

 

The progressive liberals are bankrupt for issues - their only real platform item - get rid of Trump and all those he has appointed.

Know this - if and when President Trump is ever toppled, depending on the charge, the progressives will also attempt to unseat the justices he appointed.

After all, if he is toppled because he was not a "duly authorized president" then the justices he appointed are also unauthorized.

And the coup goes on...

 

Like the French Revolution?

 

No.

 

There are lots of reasons why, and I'm sure you could find your answer if you will do a little reading on the subject. You can also find out a lot by having trusted conversations with people close to you, and simply ask if they have ever been sexually assaulted. If you friends trust you to keep secrets and believe you will not reject them, you will likely be shocked to know how many of your acquaintances and even family members have been victimized.

The sad truth is that many men and women report their assaults and attempted assaults and face enormous penalties for doing so. In the religious realm, victims are often ignored, shunned, or silenced by congregations or religious leaders. When victims (especially in the past) have taken their stories to police, the stories are difficult to investigate discreetly and the victims sometimes face public hostility, attacks questioning their morals, and general shaming as to why they would let themselves get abused. There's also the stigma, especially for teen girls, that they are "damaged goods" if anyone finds out what has happened to them. Boys who are sexually assaulted often don't want to be thought of as "gay" simply because they were forced to commit sex acts. Teens care an enormous amount about what their peers think of them and the stories that go around, since many teenagers don't have the emotional maturity or life experience to know how deep the hurt of sexual assault runs.

That's why when it becomes publicly known that someone has made an allegation against a widely-known person, you will often see other alleged victims comes out of the woodwork to also tell their stories. It helps to have other people to stand with. It also helps the victims realize that the assault wasn't their fault.

I live in Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas. For years, we have had a major problem with the prosecution of rapes:

Over the years, Johnson said, she also has come to accept the inherent frustrations of acquaintance rape investigations. But in some cases, exasperation lingers.

"If there is a confession, how can it be no-billed?" she asked.

That has happened several times in the past few years.

"Actually admitting that he used force or that she was completely incapacitated," Johnson said. "It just depends on the case but, yeah. Sometimes even so much that, 'I knew it was wrong and I did it anyway. I knew she didn't want to have sex. I held her down and had sex with her.' It can be that blatant of a confession."

In another Fort Worth case, Johnson said, a woman said that a few days after she passed out at a party, she received photographs on her cellphone depicting her being raped.

In addition, the accused later confessed. That was one of the 279 cases of sexual assault filed by the district attorney's office since 2008, according to records obtained by the Star-Telegram. Sexual assault is a second-degree felony in which the victim did not suffer a serious physical injury and the attacker did not use a deadly weapon. In those cases, the victim and the assailant almost always know each other in some way.

But the Fort Worth case with the incriminating photographs and a confession was no-billed on Aug. 24, 2010, among the 141 sexual assault cases rejected by grand juries the past four years.​

Then there is the issue of alcohol use/abuse by teens and college students. Culturally, teen boys and college men who are drunk are often considered out of control and therefore not accountable for their actions in sexual assaults, while teen girls and college women are considered to have questionable sexual morals if they are intoxicated or are present at a event with drunken males. People will often ask the question, why did those girls put themselves in that situation, instead of what is in the character of those boys that they would sexually attack an unwilling girl?

For more perspective, there is a viral story that was published in the Washington Post about an alleged rape in Arlington, Texas, they city just to the east of me, that is also in Tarrant County. Unfortunately, it might be hidden behind a pay wall. You can get the gist of some of the elements about it from these sources, as well as others you might find online:

The American Conservative

Twitter thread about the Washington Post story, with video

Dallas Morning News

Amber Wyatt told her story of rape. This is how the world responded

 

Unbelievable. What is believable - The progressive motivation for toppling Judge Kavanaugh is ONLY political which really means they could care less as to Dr. Ford's reputation or Judge Kavanaugh innocence. They want him gone period, method be darned.

 

Guarantee you, Ford will not be testifying Thursday. This is all just a smear and delay campaign orchestrated by the Dems. Ford will say she needs more time. Hopefully Grassley will stop taking the bait and end this. I think he will finally and then the Dems will go on and on how Ford did not get to speak because the Rep wouldn't give her adequate time. Ford never planned on testifying, ever. She knows she would look ridiculous trying to answer questions with lies.

 

A lot of other people think that she will not appear either. If she does appear, I hope that they arrest her for perjury and send her to Gitmo.

 

There would have to be an investigation to demonstrate perjury (something she and other alleged victims have been asking for), so your hopes are based on feelings of retribution, not reason, truth or law. The Republican leadership clearly does not want an independent investigation, so if anyone calls her a liar, they are doing so without facts.

 

Please, it is time to put these people who make false statements under oath in prison. Both of the women so far have witnesses against them. If they have the nerve to take an oath to tell the truth, then let them be investigated and charged with perjury and convicted and sentenced.

 

I agree. Let's put Judge Kavenaugh under oath, as well as all members of the committee and any witnesses. Better yet, let's do a thorough background investigation of the Judge and any witnesses who speak before the committee. Why aren't they doing that?

That means nothing, especially since you seem to think the Judge is innocent and he has witnesses against him. You have also failed to note that the women who have come forward have corroboration of their stories. Let's do an investigation.

I agree. Lying to the FBI is a criminal offense. If they were investigated -- like they have requested -- they could be charged with lying to the FBI and face imprisonment.

Your protests make no logical sense.

 

What corroboration are you talking about. Witnesses against both women have appeared.

 

You need to stop watching only right-wing news sites. I'm not going to do your homework for you because that would put me in the position of defending the allegations. I don't know what happened, but I do know what it was like to be the Judge's age in the mid-1980s (he is only a few months older than me), what the sexual mores were, what attitudes toward women were like, the availability of alcohol, and what kinds of things went on in my social circle. The two stories are believable to me, but I don't know if the Judge is actually guilty of the accusations.

The President needs to have the FBI reopen the background check and look into these allegations to clear the name of the Judge, or withdraw the Judge and nominate someone else who is qualified.

 

I think that he has already been through six FBI background checks. Three witnesses have said that it never happened. And then in the Yale case, numerous witnesses have said that it never happened. The witnesses are not credible. If McConnell has the votes, he should let these women swear under oath if they have the nerve and then proceed to confirm and turn the cases over to the authorities for perjury and trial. It is clear that Congressional investigators for both parties have already looked into these cases behind the scenes. I would like to see these women go to prison if they are lying.

 

Did they look at these allegations? If so, don't you think they would be talking about them?

It doesn't hurt anything to follow up on these claims. Moreover, there is the potential to clear the Judge’s name and reputation by doing so.

If you have ever dealt with an issue of sexual assault – especially against someone who is popular, or someone who has power or influence? If so, you will know that allegations can be quite true even if there are people who claim they are not. Many people have a lot to lose if Kavanaugh is guilty of these assaults. Honest claims from women who were not assaulted does not prove that others were not.

As I said before, let’s have EVERYONE swear under oath and then prosecute those for whom it can be demonstrated that they lied under oath. Better yet, let’s have the FBI examine these allegations and convict anyone who lies to the FBI, including the Judge and the witnesses. That way, the FBI can provide their judgment.

By pointing out that they are “investigators for both parties,” not unbiased investigators. Moreover, they have come to different conclusions. Get the FBI involved.

How does one make that determination? Get an unbiased party to investigate.

The more Kavanaugh’s defenders attack these alleged victims, the more I think there is actually something there. Why else would they so desperately want to keep the FBI from looking at these matters? They are obviously hiding something. There was nothing like this at the hearings for Gorsuch. Furthermore, these same Republicans didn’t have any distress about waiting to fill the seat vacated by Scalia’s death.

 

The Democrats are lying.