Thread by @TianaTheFirst

A justice-fueled #MeToo movement is a necessary societal good. The unceasing smear campaign containing not a modicum of evidence against Brett Kavanaugh corrodes it, with actual victims of sexual abuse bearing the brunt of the consequences. A thread 1/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

The #MeToo movement works as a social implementation of the justice process, abiding by the general rules of due process in demanding that allegations be evaluated with empathy but on the basis of evidence, not that we take allegations at face value. 2/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

All the major men culled by #MeToo had accusers w/ contemporaneously corroborating witnesses & most had multiple accusers with similar allegations. The overwhelming majority of men who assault once will do so again.

Kavanaugh doesn't fit this profile. 3/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

Not a one of the witnesses called upon by Ford remembered the party in question ever even happening. Ford's friend Leland Keyser, said that she doesn't "have any confidence in the story," and that was after she came under pressure to say otherwise. 4/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

Ramirez alleges that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a drunken dorm party. Yet not a single person who was there corroborates that either the party or the incident ever happened. 5/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

Neither Ford nor Ramirez may be lying. But they lack the evidence to indicate that Kavanaugh is more likely than not guilty, and we cannot embrace a Kafkaesque call to arms that destroys the lives of men with zero evidence. 6/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

If you care about sexual assault victims, you must demand a justice-fueled #MeToo movement. Women experience rape at rates multiple factors greater than they're falsely reporting. 3% of women will be raped. 2-10% of assault reports are false.

And yet. 7/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

Even though women experience rape at rates multiple factors greater than they're falsely reporting, statistics show the public became MORE skeptical of sexual assault & misconduct accusations because of the Kavanaugh hearings. 8/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

Yes, in reality, the problem of false accusations pales in comparison to the epidemic of rape. But if half of the country embraces destroying Kavanaugh without a shred of evidence, the backlash against those voicing their accusations will only worsen. 9/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…

The Kavanaugh news cycle is the most emotionally exhausting for me because I emphatically care about inculcating a culture where women with evidence are believed & those more likely guilty than not face social consequences. This smear job kills that. 10/x washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-an…