Kavanaugh and the #MeToo Terror bit.ly/2Nx1svj
But what makes this all the more pernicious is the Orwellian mindset they’ve adopted of a person being guilty until proven innocent. It turns the entire basis of our legal system, even our society, on its head.
We have always operated under the idea of due process and the presumption innocence. But in this age of sexual McCarthyism, all precedent is out the window.
Given the modern-day witch hunt that the #MeToo movement is devolving into, a person who “looks” guilty—or who can be made to look guilty if the political ends that can be achieved in the process are attractive enough to the Left—is in a very bad way, indeed.
The lynch mob apparently is free to string that person up and ascertain the facts later. Those driving this madness should be careful: ask Robespierre how reigns of terror can end very badly for those who launch them.
The shame in all of this is that there are men and women who should be called to account for their sexual abuse. It’s just that in the case of Kavanaugh, that real problem has been cheapened and manipulated into a political tool for the purpose of destroying political enemies.
It is utterly revolting for it now undermines the credibility of future valid claims of sexual abuse. Let’s hope this entire issue is still fresh on the minds of voters when they go to the polls on November 6.
