# The Democratic Sexual Assault Playbook

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-sexual-assault-playbook/822210>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 30, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-sexual-assault-playbook/822210 "2018-09-30T11:53:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-sexual-assault-playbook/822210/85 "2018-10-02T01:46:03Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> Like I said, the definition of “credible” will change when it’s a liberal. This will be hotly denied, but it is the case nonetheless.

…I went to look up what I wrote here on these boards about Al Franken when it came out that one of his accusers went on TV to claim that President Obama was born in Kenya. I wrote this:

> [@Now, Al Franken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-al-franken/801770/176):
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> …I don’t think her claims on TV are relevant to evaluating the accusers honesty or plausibility at all. Just like I don’t think what she was wearing was relevant, if she was wearing make up or not or what her sexual history was.
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> Do you know why sex workers almost never come forward to the police when they are sexually harassed or assaulted? Its because they are judged on their job: they are judged on their past history, and they are (more often than not) dismissed because of a perceived lack of credibility. Accusations should be treated on their merit. And this one has plenty of merit. We have a photo. We have a credible story. We have a contrite accused. You are digging into her past for one reason only: to find a reason to disbelieve her, to dismiss her. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you are doing it for any honorable reason.

There were plenty of people in that thread who did demonstrate the kind of hypocrisy that you are talking about. But there were plenty of people, myself included, who did not. And thats the thing. Enough of the “liberal side” stood by our values and we held the line. We didn’t let the hypocrites win. They said “Al Franken should go” and they forced him out.

We don’t see any of that happening here.

Nominations to the Supreme Court are such a rare and important thing that one would expect the Republicans to have taken the process a fuck-load-more-seriously than they have done. There were plenty of other people they could have nominated that would have sailed through without this drama. The only reason the nomination is being held up is because it appears that Brett Kavanaugh seems to be a bit-of-a-dick. If they had done due diligence: if they had nominated someone like Gorsuch we wouldn’t be having this discussion now.

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