@Flowman @Kno @EWErickson When Anita Hill came forward, three other women then spoke up. When Andrea Constand came forward, 58 other Cosby victims found courage. When Katherine Kendall came forward, 25 women victimized by Weinstein were no longer alone. —
@Flowman @Kno @EWErickson For reasons obvious here, coming forward against powerful men is a terrifying, life uprooting experience. There is no winning here for Ford, even if she is believed, which is worth noting in comparison to Kavanaugh, who stands to gain a SCOTUS seat if we accept his account. —
@Flowman @Kno @EWErickson At best for Ford, someone there that night will speak up, or another woman will come forward, or she will manage to somehow otherwise overcome the biased presumption of fabrication against her (she never will in the eyes of some), and women in this country will be spared from —
@Flowman @Kno @EWErickson a predator of our bodies and rights on the highest court. She may not ever receive personal justice. She will be harassed in perpetuity. So where there is such incentive for her to say nothing, and such incentive for Kavanaugh to lie, why is the assumption of deception inverted?
