Actually, the mistake some are making is in placing this accusation in the same category as prior #MeToo claims. It in some ways does a disservice to them. This is a very different allegation in basic, and disturbing ways. For example:
--The accuser cannot or will not name a place, date, time, even year. This makes it impossible for Kavanaugh to provide any evidence that he was, say, elsewhere.
--the accuser made no contemporaneous allegations. No one ever heard about this until decades later. But what gave ..
--the accuser made no contemporaneous allegations. No one ever heard about this until decades later. But what gave ..
..many #MeToo allegations credibility is that the victims told people at the time, which provided evidence that they weren't later reconstructing history.
--What also gave prior allegations substance was that there was a volume of accusers, who demonstrated a pattern..
--What also gave prior allegations substance was that there was a volume of accusers, who demonstrated a pattern..
..of abuse. This is one person, claiming a act of 35 years ago, that no other person who has ever known Kavanaugh can credit.
For those of us who do care about treating allegations seriously, it is important that we make credible distinctions between the claims.
For those of us who do care about treating allegations seriously, it is important that we make credible distinctions between the claims.
