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I mean, sure, because really what WERE the long-lasting repercussions? Has the harasser whose confirmation hearings Biden presided over served on the highest court for the past 27 years, determining voting rights & the outcomes of presidential elections? npr.org/2019/05/07/720…
Did America never get to hear the testimony of the three other women who were willing to back up Anita Hill's claims? Were Anita Hill's life & career permanently reshaped by the hearings, her reputation altered by the way she was treated by members of a committee Biden headed up?
Did American women get a very clear & longlasting view of how unseriously their stories of harassment would be taken by men who had the power to build courts & shape governments? Did the message they got about how they'd be treated if they spoke up persuade many to keep quiet?
Did casting women with harassment/assault claims as unreliable fantasists, out to end men's career, have ANY long-lasting legacy, like on the confirmation hearings of future justices who'll get to determine voting, repro & collective bargaining rights deep into the future?
I mean for real why can't we just move on?
