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In reply to the discussion: Tara Reade's public incident report does not mention Joe Biden by name. [View all]MH1
(17,635 posts)I *always* question allegations, coming from either gender, regardless the target.
I question, and then based on my best rational judgment, I either accept or reject the allegation, or consider it "on hold" if there doesn't seem to be enough info.
Funny thing about GOPers? There is almost always something horrible that can be proven about them, even if a particular sexual allegation cannot. If there isn't a strong case for the sexual allegation, let's stick to the facts. (Example case - although I eventually leaned toward believing the accuser - Brett Kavanaugh. There was plenty of awful stuff in his record. He should never have been confirmed even if there were no sexual allegations against him.)
In this case, there are too many gaping holes in the accuser's allegation for me to accept it.
Also in my history I have met both male and female liars who will lie as easily about sexual stuff as anything else. "Believe women" means hear them and check out the story. It doesn't mean fall for utter bullshit.
And - not relevant to Biden here, but a general statement - everyone needs to accept that sometimes, bad things are done to people and the perpetrator can never be punished, because it just cannot be proven. This is part of life. IMO it is worse to punish an innocent person for a terrible wrong that they did not do, than to let a guilty person go free because the evidence wasn't strong enough.